RICK SANTELLI: You don't compromise on principles. STEVE LIESMAN: So, Rick -- you're ready to see the United States -- Santelli: -- Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Our fearless leader [GE CEO Jeff] Immelt, was on talking about what he perceived as an impediment to creating better jobs and he talked about regulation. Is he against Dodd-

"I believe this administration is fear mongering. Responsible leadership would try to calm the markets, primarily by actually fixing the problem. That would be good solution. But, you look at social security and think what the President is telling you, for decades the Democratic party has been saying we will protect Social Security, we have a trust

Rep. Paul Ryan on why Medicare reforms that bring choice and competition to seniors would lower costs better than IPAB - a board of 15 unelected people with the power to deny seniors care. "What our concern is, is if we invest all of the power and the funding decisions with a board of 15 people - who's decisions go into law and don't even go th

In order to re-elect the President and win new majorities in Congress, we have to lay the groundwork for victory now. That means getting started with good, old-fashioned organizing.

"Everything should be on the table. You have to have a balanced approach,"

DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says both parties should be willing to put their "sacred cows" on the table. "The Republicans are simply not willing to do anything but sit on their hands and cross their arms like spoiled children, almost," she told MSNBC.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell defends his plan to increase the debt ceiling on "The Laura Ingraham Show"."There's a good deal of conservative support for what I laid out yesterday, beginning with the Wall Street Journal editorial page today. Look, we've been in these negotiations with the president. He has asked us to raise the d

Rep. Ron Paul: "The price of gold today is $1,580. The dollar during these last three years was devalued almost 50 percent. When you wake up in the morning, do you care about the price of gold?" Ben Bernanke: "Well, I pay attention to the price of gold, but I think it reflects a lot of things. It reflects global uncertainties. The

Charles Krauthammer: "...the president holds the upper hand. He holds it for two reasons. He controls who will get the checks on August the 3rd and who won't. If he wants to threaten Social Security, he can do that. Whether he has to actually withhold those checks or not is a moot point. As long as he threatens it, it will scare

O'Reilly says that "foreign investors may look elsewhere" if no debt deal is reached.

Ed Schultz says President Obama should let Sen. Mitch McConnell "twist in the wind."

Chris Matthews asks if the GOP is driving the economy "off the cliff."

"We are doing a pool, I mean a photo still-spray today. I would remind you, the last time we had TV cameras in the meeting, it was less than 3 hours after the President had given a press conference. People shouted questions at him, including people who had just had questions at the press conference. And so, the main purpose of the meeting is not to

Spokesman says Obama doesn't believe there's a need to amend the Constitution to cut the deficit.

Obama 2012 campaign manager Jim Messina details the campaign's fundraising and organizational progress in the second quarter. He announces that Obama raised more than $86 million for his campaign and the DNC.

"They talk tough, but they don't act tough," Donald Trump says in a new web video. Trump says the Republicans are "losing all their chips" and are about to "el fold."