"Federal employment is up by about 200,000 or so. Isn't it funny the only entity in the entire nation that's been essentially immunized, unaffected by what the rest of the country is going through, is the government!" Mark Levin said on his show tonight. (source and full audio at

"Israel today, I'm sorry, it has the most inbred, unimaginative government I think it's ever had," Tom Friedman said on "The Charlie Rose Show" this week. "You can say what you want, all of these American Jews criticizing Obama. 'He's anti-Israel.' It's all crap, okay. Can I say that on your show? It is pure crap. The guy is trying to do the rig

After using illegal immigrants as props to push the DREAM Act, Sen. Durbin (D-IL) made the following statement at a Senate committee hearing: "When I look around this room, I see America's future. Our doctors, our teachers, our nurses, our engineers, our scientists, our soldiers, our Congressman, our Senators and maybe our President." However

"They want to see two girls come together and have a mud wrestling fight. And I’m not going to give it to ‘em," GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said about media comparing her to Sarah Palin. "I have great respect and admiration for the Governor."

Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) tells Don Imus this morning he thought ht would have been a "good President." In fact, he added, "a great President." Transcript below: DON IMUS: "I think you would have been a much better President than the guy we have now, don't you agree with that?" SEN. JOHN KERRY: "You've asked me that before. Every tim

“Over the past several days, the American people have watched a serious debate unfold in Washington about our nation’s debt and about the future of our economy. “And for many, that debate has been extremely illuminating. It’s done a lot to clarify where the two major parties stand. “Both sides agree that our deficits and our debt

NEWT GINGRICH: "If you are the Republicans you should say we have more people on food stamps today than ever before in history. President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. We need a program to put 14 million Americans back to work. We are committed to creating jobs. The Democrats are committed to killing jobs. Y

"To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully … the foreign students … the Marxist professors," President Barack Obama in "Dreams from My Father."

Daily Caller: "Here’s a guy who never saw a life that he didn’t question. For euthanasia, for the death penalty, for abortion – this is somebody who is not affiliated with life at all. No children. So you have to look at him and say y

"It means we'll have to tackle entitlements, as long as we keep faith with seniors and children with incidents by maintaining the fundamental security that medicare and medicaid provide, and yes, we're going to have to tackle spending in the tax code," President Obama said at his press conference today.

President Obama responds to a question about the Constitutionality about U.S. involvement in Libya: "We have had 10 hearings on it. We have sent reams of information on what the operations are. I have had all members over to talk about it. So, a lot of this fuss is about politics. And if you look, substantively, at what we have done, we have don

"I'm the President of the United States and I want to make sure that I am not engaging in scare tactics and I've tried to be responsible and somewhat restrained so that folks don't get spooked. August 2nd is a very important date and there's no reason why we can't get this done now," President Obama said about the debt ceiling at his press conferen

"Malia And Sasha generally finish their homework a day ahead of time. Malia's 13, Sasha's 10. It is impressive. They don't wait until the night before, they're not pulling all-nighters," President Obama said at his press briefing today. Obama was making the point that if his daughters can get their homework done on time, then Congress should be

President Obama says he is "amused" when people say he needs to get more involved in the debt crisis talks currently being led by Vice President Joe Biden. "If you know you have to do something, just do it. And I have to say, I am very amused when I start hearing comments about 'well the President needs to show more leadership on this.' Let me t

"For example, the DREAM act. Kids to grow up in the U.S. and think of themselves as Americans and who are illegal through no fault of their own and who are ready to give back to our country and go the school and fight in our military. ... Let's make sure those kids can stay," President Obama said at his press conference today.

President Obama likens getting debt ceiling talks done to Sasha and Malia doing homework a day before it is due.

Obama says if we do not have revenues "it means that food inspection might be compromised and I've said to some of the Republican leaders 'you talk to your constituents.' The Republican constituents and ask them if they're willing to compromise their kids' safety so that some corporate jet owner continues to get a tax break."

Obama On National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Boeing trying to build a plant in South Carolina, a right to work state: "I don't want to get in all the details of all the case ... up to a judge to decide."

A Democratic-based group, Priorities USA Action, released this video in direct response to Karl Rove's CrossroadsGPS ad on Obama's handling of the economy.

KRAUTHAMMER: "Don't ask for a government subsidy. Nobody wants to stop you, them or to shut Media Matters down. It is a question of whether your tax dollars or mine should be supporting it."

Chris Hayes, Washington editor of "The Nation": I think [Michele Bachmann] shows there is this bizarre Founding Father fetishism that has taken over American politics, particularly in the last two years at the same time Barack Obama, the first African-American president, was elected. A certain portion of the population decided that what they wanted

FOX News' Griff Jenkins was able to catch up with Fmr. Gov. Sarah Palin as she was making the media rounds in Pella, Iowa on Tuesday. Palin was in town to promote a biopic about her time in Alaskan office. Transcript of their exchange below: SARAH PALIN: "I said, 'you remember Bristol, what we talk about on the fishing boat, stays on

James Rosen reports on Media Matters.

President Obama responds to presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) for saying he has not done enough for the black and Latino communities. Blaming Republican fiscal ideas, President Obama said we have to "dig ourselves out of a hole that was created by their polices." "That's politics, Mrs. Bachmann wants to run for president. Tha