The Hill reports: Speaking to thousands of pro-Israel activists assembled in Washington for the annual gathering of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Cantor told the tale of an unnamed Pale

"As for security, every state has the right to self-defense, and Israel must be able to defend itself – by itself – against any threat. Provisions must also be robust enough to prevent a resurgence of terrorism; to stop the infiltration of weapons; and to provide effective border security. The full and phased withdrawal of Israeli military for

Herman Cain on what he would offer Palestinians for peace: "Nothing. Because I'm not convinced that the Palestinians are really interested in peace. If the Palestinians come to the table with Israel, with a genuine offer that the two of them can sit down and negotiate the United States would, in fact, try to facilitate that discussion."

SEN. DICK DURBIN (D-IL): "The question now is whether senators on both sides of the aisle, Democrat and Republican will step up and say don't stop. We need to do this together, we need to sacrifice and make concessions on both sides if we're ever going to solve this national problem."

Dick Armey and Ron Klain digest a busy week in 2012 politics and debate the key issues that continue to make headlines.

Paul Gigot, Evan Bayh, Liz Cheney and Juan Williams discuss.

George Will, Matthew Dowd, Donna Brazile and Jonathan Karl debate.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Mike Murphy, Andrea Mitchell, Eugene Robinson and Andrew Ross Sorkin agree that 2012 will be an election about jobs and the economy.

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Gingrich: "His quote was deeply inaccurate.” "It’s a gross mischaracterization of the House budget plan," he added.

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow predicts that no 2012 GOP presidential candidate will do interviews with mainstream media outlets.

"I would have voted for Ryan's budget," Gingrich said. "I wasn't referring to Ryan. I was referring to a general principle. We the people should not have Washington impose large-scale change on us."

Joan Walsh and David Frum analyze Gov. Mitch Daniels' (R-Ind.) decision not to run for president.