Barack Obama actually said...

"What I was struck by was what a big gap there was between the seeming lack of urgency on the part of the president and what people are experiencing day-to-day."

"I think that there is some consensus on the Democratic Party side."

"And finally tonight, we heard President Bush say that the surge in Iraq is working, when we know that's just not true."

"I think that we have to add unemployment insurance extensions as a part of that. But the question is long term what are we going to do? And I've said that instead of providing an extension of the tax ..."