Charles Krauthammer has kind words for both Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann. He thinks it is obvious that she is not going to run, he calls it a "smart" move. Krauthammer believes she definitely has a future in GOP politics. Krauthammer thinks Bachmann is a serious candidate, being a sitting member of Congress and her knowledge of policy.

"Government isn't about turning a profit, it's about taking care of things that shouldn't have to turn a profit. You can't make everything better with business. Business can't turn coal into diamonds or crap into food, that's soy sauce," Bill Maher said on his Friday evening show "Real Time."

"Well we probably shouldn't care a lot, it's a great lark of a diversion. The woman that he sent it to -- or that received it says she doesn't know him. He's handled this ridiculously," NPR's Nina Totenberg said on "Inside Washington."

GOP: Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee) released the weekly Republican address on job creation and the NLRB. In the address, he says, "Our goal should be to make it easier and cheaper to create private-sector jobs in this country... We can start by helping companies make in the United States what they sell in the

"When it gets down to two people, the electorate always holds their nose and votes the one they like the least. The economy is in the toilet -- I, I, I think anybody could be president in this dumb, f**king country," Bill Maher said on his "Real Time" program. Panel: Larry King, Rick Lazio and Melissa Harris-Perry

Speaking from a Chrysler plant in Toledo, Ohio, the President commends the work of America's dedicated autoworkers, who have helped reinvigorate the domestic auto industry.

Former Gov. Sarah Palin on the constraints of being a declared candidate and the freedom of not being one. "Not only do I love my freedom of not having a title and being a declared candidate - that is liberating - I know you can make a difference as an individual," Palin told FOX News.

Donald Trump: “The door would be open if the Republicans do a terrible job as they have been doing in choosing the wrong person. The door would absolutely be open.” (Video Courtesy: CBN News/The Brody File)

Instead of Bank of America foreclosing on some Florida homeowner, the homeowners had sheriff's deputies foreclose on the bank. (More ...)