Barack Obama actually said...

"When too many of our schools are failing our children, too many of our kids are dropping out of school, that's not a black or a white or brown problem, that is an American problem."

"There is no reason why we should not be able to complete a deal."

"When government shuts down, it means that that small business owner who's waiting to get a loan, suddenly nobody's there to process it. He may not get that loan and that business may not open."

"I think what they're looking for from me is the same they're looking for from Speaker Boehner and Harry Reid and everybody else, and that is that we act like grownups."