Speaker John Boehner: This is a serious debate. It’s a debate about jobs, the economy, and the future of our country. Until recently, the president was demanding we increase the debt limit with no strings attached. I immediately responded and said that the American people would not tolerate this without cuts which exceeded the increase in the

"I'm sympathetic to your view that this would be easier if I could do this entirely on my own. It would mean all these conversations I've had over the last three weeks, I could have been spending time with Malia and Sasha instead," President Obama said at a town hall.

"Because historically, when you have recessions that arise out of financial crises, they last a lot longer than the usual business cycle recessions. Beyond that, I also think that -- you know, over the first two years, I was so focused on policy and getting the policy righ that sometimes I forgot part of my job is explaining to the American people

FOX News: In a hastily arranged news conference in the White House briefing room before Boehner spoke to reporters, a visibly irritated Obama said that "it's hard to understand why Speaker Boehner would walk away from thi

President Obama says it is a "myth" that President FDR was not a fiscal conservative.

HBO's Bill Maher made several indecent jokes about the growing Palin family and their procreational activities. News "broke" this week that Fmr. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's eldest son, Track, is expecting a baby with his wife. The big hoopla is that they have only been married for two months but his wife is nearly in her third trimester. Maher, tr

NBC's Andrea Mitchell: "Let me just ask, some of your Democratic colleagues would say and Democrats in the House would say 'you're giving up, you're giving up, the President's giving up' a lot of entitlement cuts, a lot of serious cuts in discretionary programs on a promise of tax revenue down the road. Aren't you giving up too much on the Democrat

"And I think these patriotic Americans are willing to pitch in if they're asked, because they know that middle class families shouldn't have to pick up the whole tab for closing the deficit. So this idea of balance, this idea of shared sacrifice, of a deficit plan that includes tough spending cuts but also includes tax reform that raises more reven

“Mr. Speaker, there is a huge gulf between Washington, DC and the American people. They are dealing with tough times. They’re struggling to pay their bills. And they look to Washington, they see politicians who can’t stop spending money – their money. “Listen, we’re broke. We need to stop the out-of-control spending spree that’s g

Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) announces the failure of "Cut, Cap And Balance" in the Senate. "We just completed a very important vote. We've now demonstrated that the House Republicans' Cut, Cap, and Balance is over, done, it's dead," Sen. Reid said on the Senate floor.

GIRL AT TOWN HALL: "I have two questions. One is, is there anything -- like, obviously you've had a successful presidency. But is there anything ..." OBAMA: "Well that's not obvious to everyone. But I appreciate. I appreciate you thinking it's obvious. GIRL: But is there anything you regret or would have done differently? And my second quest

The man's question: "Most of the American people are on your side about a balanced approach. What we also know is that most of the budget cuts are going to be in the out years. So the question is: Why push so hard for a big settlement now when if you push hard and let the American people vote in 2012 and get rid of these hooligans in the House w

Cenk Uygur, the former MSNBC host who left the network after management asked him to curb his "tone", sits down with Keith for the real deal on the departure and what's at stake for the future of media.

Ed Schultz asks President Obama to take cuts on "the Big 3" off the table.

Charles Krauthammer tells Bret Baier that if Perry and Palin get in the race, it will become a 3-way competetion to be the "anti-Romney."

Bill O'Reilly says that Tea Party members become "unreasonable" and "extreme" when they don't want to come to a compromise on the debt ceiling.