Bill Maher from HBO's "Real Time" last night: "New rule: Stop comparing Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann just because they're both Republican. And crazy. And know-nothings. And Jesus freaks … who claim to receive messages from God. Who both get their historical facts wrong all the time and both give off a sound only animals can hear and make micr

"It saddens me when sometimes my fellow Republicans duck and cover in the face of pressure from the left. Our party cannot be all things to all people," Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) said at a Republican party event in Louisiana today. "Our opponents on the left are never going to like us, so let's quit trying to curry favor with them!"

As the debt crisis threatens America, Klavan on the Culture takes a look at two competing plans.

White House: On Father's Day weekend, President Obama reflects on his experience as a parent and discusses the challenges and necessity of being a good father. Obama on not having his father around: "Even though my sister and I were lucky enough to have a wonderful mother and caring grandparents to raise us, I felt his absence,” Obama said. �

SEN. JOHN HOEVEN (R-ND): "To turn that around, our country needs the kind of pro-jobs, pro-growth policies that will help us live up to our vision of a strong, peaceful, prosperous America. We have an opportunity right now to advance that vision and jump-start the nation’s economy. Robust international trade can help us do it, and we can start