Political adviser says "the most important thing for the president to do now is get off television and go below the radar screen."

"I said 'you gotta wake your man up in the White House,'" said Kent Terry, the father of murdered border agent Brian Terry. "He's done more in the last two years than any other president," Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano told the family. "Well, I think now is not the time to talk about all that has been done and is being done,

“I still believe it's a gateway drug. I've spent a lot of my life as chairman of the Judiciary Committee dealing with this. I think it would be a mistake to legalize,” Vice President Joe Biden told ABC News.

Karl Rove tells President Obama how his position on Guantanamo Bay being a recruiter for terrorists is ignorant.

"The president has made it clear that he may be the first American president EVER not to be in the traditional line of an American exceptionalist," Democratic pollster Pat Caddell told FOX News. Caddell says a lot of Democrats and independents believe Obama is "too far out on its views and the way it approaches issues." "This is a symbol -- t

"I think people getting their news from stovepipe sources of information, where people are basically getting the news they want to hear ... is making it hard for centrist Democrats," Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) told ABC News.

NBC: Democratic New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) – who recently spent five days in the North – joins msnbc’s Tamron Hall to discuss Pyongyang's charge that the South is trying to initiate conflict. "The potential for miscalculation is so high," Richardson said of South Korea's war games.

Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett tells MSNBC's "Morning Joe" what the message was from midterm voters. In response that the White House is too "insular," Jarrett says there will be new faces coming to the White House. "He's always interested in hearing from outside voices," Jarrett said of President Obama. Jarrett on President Obama's age

Here is the tweet from a "Dr. Mike Hunt" sent to Robert Gibbs during his question and answer session with twitters.

"There was a lot of productivity, than like the previous two years, when there was a lot of dart-throwing," Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tells MSNBC.

"I just believe that criminalizing marijuana, criminalizing the possession of a few ounces of pot, that kind of thing it's just, it's costing us a fortune and it's ruining young people," Pat Robertson of CBN said.

From the year-end press conference with President Obama. Mike Emanuel, FOX News: "Thank you, Mr. President, Merry Christmas." Dan Lothian, CNN: "Thank you, Mr. President and happy holidays."

"We're saying, those standards ought to include those that -- in an explicit or even implicit way practice racism or sexism or homophobia on the airwaves. Can you image the arrogance of saying 'federally regulating airwaves should not be subjected to federal public hearings?," Al Sharpton told MSNBC. Sharpton said Limbaugh's free speech on the "

Sen. Harry Reid talks to CNN's John King about the lame-duck session of Congress.

Karl Rove looks at potential political stars in 2011, John Boehner as House Speaker, Hillary's potential presidential ambition and more.

Paul Krugman argues in favor of more stimulus on "The Rachel Maddow Show."

Charles Krauthammer on President Obama's end-of-year press conference.