Barack Obama actually said...

"This Senate seat does not belong to any politician to trade. It belongs to the people of Illinois."

"The next senator from Illinois is focused on health care, jobs, and all the struggles that the families of this state are going through."

"Part of the reason that I got into politics is because we have to reclaim a tradition of public service that is about people and their lives."

"Jobless claims are now the highest they've been in 26 years."