Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) touts his bill to limit the powers of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Paul mocks President Obama's latest line "pass this bill." Sen. Paul: "I’ve got another message for the president. We’ve gotta bill to help solidify thousands of jobs in South Carolina. Pass this now. If you want to be in favor of jobs –

"I think it is largely a political move," Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said of President Obama's jobs plan, the "American Jobs Act." "He's actually a part of a group of people that actually think the free enterprise system to some extent is 'unfair' and 'it leads to too much inequality, 'that we should be moving towards economic justice' instead of e

An ex-Solyndra employee calls in to the Mark Levin radio program: "While we were out there, while we were building it – cause it is a half a billion dollar plant – everyone already knew that China had developed a more inexpensive way to manufacture these solar panels. Everyone knew that the plant wouldn’t work. But they still did it. They sti

Charles Krauthammer on President Obama's involvement with the company Solyndra and more broadly, his push for green jobs. Krauthammer: "I do think it is a problem on two levels. There is the problem of the fast tracking and the pressure from the White House to get this done with minimal or faulty analysis so that you can have a photo op with Bid

Former Bachmann campaign manager Ed Rollins wouldn't directly say that he wants his ex-boss to be President. Rollins did say he wants Michele Bachmann to win the Republican nomination. Oddly, though, when he is asked if he'd "like to see her as president," Mr. Rollins completely spun his way out of the answer. "I think she's a great candidate. She'

Responding to cheers of "I love you" and "we love you" at a campaign event in North Carolina, President Obama told the crowd he loves them back. However the love is conditional. "But if you love me, you've got to help me pass this bill," Obama said.

GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul says Dick Cheney giving a 'I will decide who is a true Republican or not' attitude makes him sound like a dictator. "I'm competent about the foreign policy that I advocate, we have to prove him wrong by winning some elections. But, when he says he will support all Republicans except some like myself, which mea

Representative-Elect Bob Turner (R) won Tuesday's special election for the Congressional seat vacated by Anthony Weiner. Turner is the first Republican representing the Queens-based district in over 90 years. Of the president, Turner said, “The people of this district are really unhappy with his treatment of Israel. And, it’s a very large Je

President Obama pushes his jobs plan at a campaign event in North Carolina.

Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California) says it is now very apparent, if it was not before, that the White House was deeply connected in the "Fast & Furious" mission where guns were trafficked across the US-Mexico border. Mr. Issa appeared on FOX News' "Special Report" program to discuss the matter. Transcript bel

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) outlines pro-growth tax reform. "The last thing we need to be doing is to complicate job creation in America with this complicated tax code we have today," he says. "A tax code should be fair, competitive and simple, and the U.S. tax code fails on all three counts."

"We're already in kind of a depression. I'm calling it the 'Lesser Depression.' There was the Great Depression of the 1930s," Paul Krugman said on Comedy Central. "We're already in something that is functionally like the Depression. It's not as bad. The Lesser Depression. It's not the Great Depression," Krugman added.

Jim Cramer, CNBC host: "Now let's talk about the fact that you said the economy is weak. You put out a jobs plan. The New York Times today basically gives its obituary. 'Tax plan for jobs bill.' Familiar ring. Meaning the GOP will not back this. Is this dead on arrival?" Tim Geithner, U.S. Secretary of Treasury: "Absolutely not. I think that the

FOX News reports: A new cyber sensor is now keeping a close eye on everything you say about President Obama. The website is called AttackWatch.com, and it was launched by the president’s re-election campaign. The White House says the website is designed to stop the spread of “misinformation” on the web, but critics say the site is less “fac

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner jokes that he has been "hoping" to get fired after Jim Cramer asks if he is afraid of losing his job for speaking his mind. Jim Cramer: "People are afraid of getting fired [for speaking their mind]. Are you afraid of getting fired?" Tim Geithner: "I've been hoping -- for sometime."

Former Democratic Mayor of NYC Ed Koch was at the victory party for Republican Bob Turner (NY) last night. Koch endorsed the Republican who won in former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner's heavily Democratic district. Sen. Chuck Schumer once represented the same district. "The message is: Mr. President, Mr. President, listen to us!," Koch said.

Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) at the hearing on Solyndra: "Now, Mr. Chairman, I have been waiting anxiously to hear what we have to show that there is wrongdoing here. And I am still waiting to see something that makes me be concerned that we have here some wrongdoing. And I don't want us to proceed just on suspicions or doubtful questions or misinte

“I’ll put it this way, you don’t deserve to keep all of it. It’s not a question of deserving, because what government is, is those things that we decide to do together," Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) told the Don Wade & Roma show on WLS-AM. "I think you need to pay your fair share for things we've decided are our national priorities," Schak

"We can put people to work and strengthen the economy by building solar and wind facilities. Refurbishing inefficient buildings, building smart grids smart trains. And putting people to work instead of continuing this addiction to very expensive, dirty oil and coal," Al Gore said on Tuesday night's edition of "The Colbert Report."

Jonathan Silver of the Department of Energy says he has no reason for the FBI raid of Solyndra. Silver, who is the loans program director at the Energy Department, says there is "no reason" to "believe we were misled" about Solyndra's financials. Del. Donna Christensen (D-Virgin Islands): "Did Solyndra ever mislead the D.O.E that you know of? Do

Charles Krauthammer evaluates Mitt Romney's interview with Bill O'Reilly last night. "The opposition that the conservatives have is the principle, not whether technically one state allows it in its Constitution. The id

"I'll just note, first of all, that if you want to waste American taxpayers' dollar, let's talk about the oil industry at record high profits getting $41 billion worth of tax money from taxpayers. And secondly, if you want to talk about loan guarantees, The Southern Company received a loan guarantee 15 times larger than Solyndra and if we are going

Washington Post Editorial Writer Jonathan Capehart and co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee Adam Green join The Last Word to discuss reaction to the jobs plan among Obama’s base. Capehart was, of course, talking about the "pass this bill" chant.

Bill O'Reilly: With the Texas Governor leading in the polls, GOP competitors are really letting him have it at debates. O'Reilly says Social Security "isn't exactly" a Ponzi scheme, but it's "close."

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell discusses the winners and losers of the recent Republican debate with The Huffington Post’s Howard Fineman. (The Last Word)