Barack Obama actually said...

"if that's what Boehner needs to climb out of the tree he's stuck in, that that's something we should look at."

"The only thing that I will say is that we're not going to pay a ransom for America paying its bills. That's something that should be non-negotiable and everybody should agree on that. Everybody should..."

"President Obama signaled that the United States was slowing down aid to Egypt in his address at the United Nations just a couple of weeks ago."

"The only thing that our democracy can't afford is a situation where one side says, unless I get my way and only my way, I’ll threaten to shut down the Government."