"There's been a whole lot of speculation leading up to tonight, no sense beating around the bush about that," Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-Ind.) said Thursday evening. "I'm not saying I won’t do it."

Mark Steyn gives his opinion on the 2012 candidates. On Donald Trump: "I don't think Donald Trump is a conservative. I think his line on China for example, that he's going to talk tough to China. China didn't create Social Security, Medicare. China isn't spending a fifth of a billion dollars every hour that it doesn't have. We are the source of

SEN. RAND PAUL (R-KY): "With regard to the idea of whether you have a right to health care, you have realize what that implies. It's not an abstraction. I’m a physician. That means you have a right to come to my house and conscript me. It means you believe in slavery."

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I -- I think what we're going to end up having to do probably -- is to set some targets, and say -- you know, those targets have to be hit if not automatically, some cuts and tax increases start taking place. And that will give incentive for us to negotiate -- and figure something out. But this is going to be a topic not j

"He has obviously been busy with other things, and there will be a time for the campaign, and for him, by and large it's not now," White House press secretary Jay Carney said this afternoon. President Obama has done several fundraisers

"I in fact did what I believed was right for the people of my state," Fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) said of his health care plan in Massachusetts.

"When you are in a position of truth and power, don't misuse it because people can get hurt. Very, very hurt. We can not violate the laws or rules that we set for others, including our own staffs. We must always lead by example, not by words alone," Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) said about the ethics investigation of former Sen. John Ensign (R-NV).

Bill Whittle: "Mr. Obama, killing bin Laden was not the most significant milestone in the War on Terror and you know it. It's just the only one that happened on your watch."

"This whole town hall today, is almost a purely scripted event to advance an agenda that is forming the foundation of the reelection campaign," Limbaugh said on his radio program this afternoon.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: That's exactly right. So -- so part of what's happened also is some structural changes in the economy. Where it used to be that there was broad-based shared prosperity, now if companies are doing really well -- they're not necessarily hiring back workers. They're just figuring out how to do more with fewer workers. That may increas

Chevron CEO John Watson says we need to talk about shared prosperity, not shared sacrifice.

Rep. Chris van Hollen (D-MD) on balancing the budget and ending subsidies for big oil companies. Van Hollen is also for ending subsidies for ethanol studies.

"American taxpayers contributed to that process of stabilizing the economy. Companies have benefited from that, and they're making a lot of money, and now's the time for them to start betting on American workers and American products," President Obama said in a pre-taped town hall with CBS News.

Sen. Inhofe (R-Okla.) on viewing terrorist leader's death photos at CIA headquarters

President of New Jersey State Troopers Fraternal Association David Jones slams Obama administration over controversial rapper

President Obama responds to a woman who was laid off from her government job: "Let me just first of all say that workers like you, for the federal, state, and local governments, are so important for our vital services. And it frustrates me sometimes when people talk about 'government jobs' as if somehow those are worth less than private sector

TRUMP: "In terms of torture, in terms of enhanced interrogation, we wouldn't have caught bin Laden without it."

Bill O'Reilly: Why on earth would the president and First Lady invite [Common] to the White House?

As Newt Gingrich makes his presidential bid official on Wednesday, Mother Jones’ David Corn and Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter review some of the former House Speaker’s most notable public statements. (Hardball)

Steve Forbes says simplification of the tax code will be a major issue in 2012.

Columnists Howard Fineman and Eugene Robinson discuss the political implications of the bin Laden kill. Fineman says this puts the GOP's "weak on defense" attack on President Obama to rest.