Juan Williams, Mara Liasson, Bill Kristol and Brit Hume discuss.

BOB SCHIEFFER: Good morning again and welcome to FACE THE NATION. We’re going straight to Miami and Marco Rubio, the Republican nominee for Senate in Florida. Mister Rubio, thanks for coming. Most people who follow politics know you took on Florida’s popular incumbent Republican Governor Charlie Crist in the primary for the Republica

"Look there are 12 places right now where there is a Democratic senator where our candidate is either a little bit behind, dead even or well ahead: California, Washington, Nevada, Colorado, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Indiana, North Dakota, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Connecticut, West Virginia. We're competitive in a lot of places," Sen. McConnell says. A

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) declined to endorse Rahm Emanuel for Mayor of Chicago on CNN's State of the Union.

George Will, Donna Brazile, Matthew Dowd and Ron Brownstein discuss.

President Obama's top political adviser David Axelrod accused Republicans of holding "middle-class tax cuts hostage" unless Democrats agree to "give tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires." And that, Axelrod said, is something "we can't do."

NBC: What's at the heart of the problem in our nation's public schools? What reforms are working and how can those solutions be part of a national model? An exclusive conversation with four key voices on this important issue: Arne Duncan; Michelle Rhee; Robert Bobb; and Randi Weingarten.

"The presidency is the most visible thread that runs through the tapestry of the American government. More often than not, for good or for ill, it sets the tone for the other branches and spurs the expectations of the people. Its powers are vast and consequential, its requirements -- from the outset and by definition -- impossible for mortals to

Reps. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) spar over the Republicans' new “Pledge to America” campaign.

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) tells "FOX News Sunday" he doubts the House and Senate will vote on the proposed middle class tax cuts. Hoyer says it was the GOP that planned to end the tax cuts now, not the Democrats. Hoyer also hints that the Democrats will hold a lame duck session.

"I think when we come back in November, December, the first thing is we've got to extend these tax cuts. If we don't do anything, everybody's taxes go up in January," Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) said on CNN.

NBC: Can Democrats retain power? Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., discusses the possibility of a Republican takeover in November.