Barack Obama actually said...

"You have 80 percent of the American people who support a balanced approach. Eighty percent of the American people support an approach that includes revenues and includes cuts."

"I'm glad that the congressional leaders don't want to default, but I think the American people expect more than that. They expect that we actually try to solve this problem; we get our fiscal house in..."

"The Obama administration is moving ahead with plans to appeal its 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy but objects to the court forcing them to officially end it right now."

"We have a responsibility to do the right thing. We shouldn't be overly partisan, we shouldn't be posturing; we should solve problems."