"I've been watching leaders for 20 years. Every year they look at this problem. They look up at a mountain and see how tall and steep it is and decide, nah, we are going to kick the can down the road another year. We are out of road. Now is the time to deal with it," House Speaker John Boehner told Sean Hannity on his show this evening.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT): As the debate over deficits ramped up in Washington on Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders laid out the compelling case not to slash programs for working families. Any deficit reduction package must rely on new revenue for at least half the reduction in red ink, he added in a major address in the Senate. Sanders spoke at length

Steve Malzberg at WOR-AM: Responding to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's revelation that, "Our Embassy team in Rome played an instrumental role in bringing Lady Gaga to Italy for a Euro Pride concert" for LGBT rights, John Bolton, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN said on The Steve Malzberg

The Senate Foreign Relations Cmte. has approved a resolution backing limited U.S. military action in Libya for one year. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) is afraid that historical precedents are being set for future presidents to conduct military action without Congressional approval.

"President Obama has failed to formulate and carry out an effective and coherent strategy in response to these events," GOP hopeful Tim Pawlenty said about Obama's reaction to the "Arab spring." "He has been timid, slow, and too often without a clear understanding of our interests or a clear commitment to our principles," Pawlenty said.

Bristol Palin tells "FOX & Friends" that her mother, former Gov. Sarah Palin, has made up her mind and "definitely" knows if she is going to run for President or not. Transcript available below. Palin is in Iowa today to promote her biopic, "The Undefeated." BRIAN KILMEADE, FOX & FRIENDS: "Do you get the sense that your mom has no

Economist Jared Bernstein and The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein discuss whether President Barack Obama’s efforts to intervene in the budget fight will draw a compromise from both parties.

Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne joins The Last Word to discuss the latest iteration of debt negotiations with President Obama.

Rep. Michele Bachmann, GOP candidate for president, tells Sean Hannity that she accepts the apology from "FOX News Sunday" host Chris Wallace who asked her if she was a "flake" on this week's show. "He did apologize and I am hap

NBC's Chuck Todd said on his MSNBC show that when Michele Bachmann says phrases like "I take him at his word" it reminds him of Ricky Bobby. Ricky Bobby was actor Will Ferrell's character in the movie "Talladega Nights." Ricky Bobby was a NASCAR race car drive

Eugene Robinson says it is "terrible time to be taking money out of people's pockets either through sharp cuts in government spending."

Political analyst Howard Fineman warns, however, that Bachmann's "ego" may get in her way and even her handlers won't be able to stop her.

"I thought that it was not a particularly inspiring speech. I don't think that stem-winders are her strongpoint. It was a straight speech. It had a little Reagan elements about government is not the solution, which is a Reagan trope. He used it in his inaugural address, actually, in 1981," Charles Krauthammer said about Michele Bachmann's announcem

Karl Rove talks about Crossroads GPS' huge ad buy of $20 million to hammer President Obama on the debt. Crossroads GPS is a SuperPAC founded by Rove and Ed Gillespie. "The American people are sick and tired of the President blaming everything