Barack Obama actually said...

"It's only by coming together to do what people need done, that we will in Lincoln's words, "lift artificial weights from all shoulders, give an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life."..."

"We will be remembered for what we choose to make of this moment. And when posterity looks back on our time, as we are looking back on Lincoln's I don't want it said that we saw an economic crisis but ..."

"The one thing I want to make sure of is, people don't take from this the notion that we can't get Democrats and Republicans working together. I'm going to keep on working at this."

"Judd's a good man and I think that he sincerely wanted to work with us. I think he had a change of heart about the idea of leaving the Senate. The one thing I want to make sure of these people don't t..."