Said Obama or Obama said?

When it comes to quoting, is there a particular rule on where to place the subject in relation to the verb 'said'?

"We will bring about change," Obama said.
"We will bring about change," said US President Barack Obama.

Either way. Usually, you see:

Obama said, "We will ...".

or

"We will ...", said Obama.

No, there is no rule for that. You can do it either way. Sometimes one sounds better with the rest of the sentence, sometimes the other, but it's basically a subjective stylistic choice.

Whatever he says dont you ever pay attnetion to it ! He O(S)bama is a joke and I do believe that he is the synonim of pathetic, phony, Marxist, radical, muslim, and so on and so forth! Mark Levin Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter!

<No, there is no rule for that.>
I am not so sure.
As far as I know, after a quote the word order is always direct with pronouns:
"Never mind", he said.
"You monster!" she screamed.
It is usually indirect with nouns:
"Never mind", said the man.
"Signorino!" cried a man's voice in Italian.
But sometimes it's direct:
"Oh, you needn't have any doubt of that!" Riccardo put in.

Hannity rocks,
No place for politics here.
But most us Europeans find Obama much more to our taste. At least he's got intelligence in his look, unlike his predecessor.