Barack Obama actually said...

"America faces great and growing challenges—challenges that threaten our nation's economy and our dreams for the future."

"I am optimistic that if we come together to seek solutions that advance not the interests of any party, or the agenda of any one group, but the aspirations of all Americans, then we will meet the chal..."

"These are America's problems, and we must come together as Americans to meet them with the urgency this moment demands."

"And in this new year, let us resolve to do so once again."