Barack Obama actually said...

"Because of this agreement, middle class Americans won't see their taxes go up on January 1."

"There is not a liberal America and a conservative America; there is the United States of America."

"I have said before that I felt that the middle-class tax cuts were being held hostage to the high-end tax cuts."

"I've said before that I felt that the middle class tax cuts were being held hostage to the high-end tax cuts."