Excerpts from Sen. Obama's News Conference

"I want to make absolutely clear that I do not subscribe to the views that he expressed. I think they are wrong, I think they are destructive."

"There wasn't anything constructive about yesterday. All it was is a bunch of rants that aren't grounded in truth."

"That's a show of disrespect to me. It's also an insult to what we've been trying to do in this campaign."

"Yesterday I think he caricatured himself... That made me angry, but also made me sad."

"This is an individual who has built a very fine church, a church that is respected throughout Chicago."

"I did not vet my pastor before I decided to run for the presidency. I was a member of the church."

"I don't think he showed much concern for me. I don't think, more importantly, he showed much conern for what we're trying to do in this campaign."

"I do not see this relationship being the same after this."

In the future, "I do not expect those view to be attributed to me."