"It was a victory for socialism," TIME's Joe Klein said of last night's election result in NY-26. A Democrat won a special election to fill a vacancy in the U.S. House from a very conservative district in New York. "For the last two years, Republicans have been lambasting Barack Obama who is right in the middle of the political spectrum, a mild

Ed Schultz gave a 4-minute long apology for calling fellow radio talk show host Laura Ingraham a "right-wing slut" during his program. Schultz says he is indefinitely suspended from his show for the time being. "On my

The Hill reports: "I walked through … right behind me there was a grandmother — little old lady, and she was was patted down," Rep. Paul Broun (R-Georgia) said on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal." "Right

DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL) says Paul Ryan is the one who is doing the "He's proposed a plan to end Medicare as we know it that even Newt Gingrich called 'radical.' You know, it's the pot calling the kettle black when it comes to whose engaging in 'Mediscare,' Wasserman Schultz said this afternoon on FOX News.

"There were three fundamental lessons that both Democrats and Republicans learned from the special election in New York, and they are Medicare, Medicare, and Medicare," Rep. Steve Israel (NY), the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee,

Rush Limbaugh comments on President Obama's botched toast to the Queen of England. Limbaugh plays audio montages of political correspondents saying the Queen could have "saved" Obama but chose not to.

"And what do the Republicans thinking about? They're not thinking about their next-door neighbor. They're just thinking about how much this is going to cost. President Obama is going to be visiting Joplin, Mo., on Sunday but you know what they're talking about, like this right-wing slut, what's her name?, Laura Ingraham? Yeah, she's a talk slut," l

"I made it clear today that revenues will have to be in the deal," Vice President Joe Biden said after a nearly three-hour meeting in the Capitol on the deficit.

"As I said the first time I came to London as president for the G20 summit: The days are gone when Roosevelt and Churchill could sit in a room and solve the world's problems over a glass of brandy. Although, I'm sure that Prime Minister Cameron would agree that some days we could both use a stiff drink," President Obama said in his address to the B

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan: "We can no longer let politicians in Washington deny the danger to Medicare -- the danger is all too real, and the health of our nation's seniors is far too important. We have to save Medicare to avoid disruptions in benefits for current seniors, and to strengthen the program for future generations. House

"There is a Medicare story to be told here -- the Medicare story that is being told here is the president and his party have decided to shamelessly distort and demagogue Medicare. So we're going to see a Mediscare reform campaign here," Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said on Tuesday's edition of "Morning Joe."

"I absolutely agree that given the progress that has been made over the last several weeks, that Gaddafi and his regime need to understand that there will not be a letup in the pressure that we are applying. And the United Kingdom, the United States, and our other partners are putting a wide range of resources within, consistent with the U.N. mand

I believe that we have built enough momentum that as long as we sustained the course that we are on, that he is ultimately going to step down. And we will continue to work with our partners to achieve that. So we have not put forward any artificial timeline in terms of how long this will take," President Obama said in England.

Ronald Reagan's rebellious daughter Patti Davis, known for posing in Playboy magazine, had some choice words for Sarah Palin in her Tuesday evening interview on Headline News' "Joy Behar Show." After insulting her father as "Saint Ronnie Reagan," Behar asked Davis what she thinks about people who are compared to her father. "Sarah Palin is no

Reports of stimulus money going to tax delinquents. (from "Special Report") "Why should somebody get a federal contract if they owe the federal government money?" Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) asked at a hearing. Over 3,700 government contractors ower $757,000,000 in back taxes.

LONDON - At the Globe Academy in Southwark – the pupils had no forewarning of who was popping by – the leaders (President Obama and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron) teamed up to play table tennis against two te

Rachel Maddow on the impact of Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget proposal and changes to Medicare had in the NY-26 race.

Bloomberg: “I can’t argue that it’ll be pretty,” White House budget director Jacob Lew said of the struggles to achieve a debt accord in a question-and-answer session last night at a meeting of the Economic Club of Washin

KARL ROVE: "President Obama is going to want to make this a referendum on the Republican presidential candidate. We are on the cusp of what will be the most, in my opinion, the most negative re-election effort every ever mounted by a president. He won'r wan he will spend much of his time fresh on trashing the republican presidential candidate."

Charles Krauthammer says the liberals have the media, but conservatives have the country. However, he explains the "major advantage" of a liberal media to the Democratic party. Krauthammer says even though liberals have the media, it is conservatives who have the country.

Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne says former Gov. Jon Huntsman (R-UT) hasn't been put through the "orthodoxy blender" yet.