"I don't hear any person who thinks that is going to last even though he is the leader, except Herman Cain," Bill Maher said about Herman Cain's strong poll numbers. "Herman Cain keeps saying 'people who get on the Cain Train don't leave.' It sounds a little like 'once you go black, you don't go back.' It does. I mean, it does. That's what -- I

Goldie Taylor, writer for a website called The Grio, said if given the chance, Herman Cain would "shed" his skin color to appease conservative white voters. Taylor and other contributors to TheGrio.com appear frequently on MSNBC to discuss issues dealing with race. "You know, the way that he raises his candidacy is that he placates a base. And t

The "Real Time" panel discusses the Occupy Wall Street protests, economic growth, who is to blame for the financial crisis and the current economic situation. On the panel this week: John Fund, Thom Hartmann and Michelle Caruso-Cabrera. Liberal radio talk show host Thom Hartmann argued that there was "strong industrial growth" in the 20th centur

"I don't see Herman Cain as the potential nominee, in any universe. You know, Mr. Black Walnut, he called himself. I just don't see it. But, the Republicans clearly, the rank and file and even the establishment, they just don't love Mitt Romney," Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson tells MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow Show." Robinson did say, howe

Nia-Malika Henderson accuses Herman Cain of wanting to live in a post-racial world while playing the "race card." "Well, I think, if we could focus a little bit on Herman Cain. I think Herman Cain is on one hand saying we're in a post-racial country, but at the same time he seems to play the race card when it comes to talking about African-Ameri

"There was no criminal or serious misbehavior here, there just was some dumbness," Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) said about Solyndra in response to Republican reaction.

Donny Deutsch discusses the Occupy Wall Street movement on MSNBC's "Morning Joe.""Obviously everybody is saying, they need to kind of clarify, they need policy issues -- 'this is what we want' as opposed to.... The other thing it needs, and I don't want this to come out the wrong way. If we think -- not needs but will happen -- if you thi

Texas Gov. Rick Perry discusses his drop in the polls on "The Today Show": "Well, polls are going to go up and down. This is going to be a long race. So, I don't worry too much about polls."

Of his supporters, Rep. Allen West (R-FL) conveyed their belief in the Tea Party’s values. “[They] are receptive of that and they want to do what is necessary to ensure that I can stand and be able to come back here for another term in Washington D.C.,” he said.

Anita Perry, wife of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, discusses her husband's presidential campaign in South Carolina: "It's been a rough month. We have been brutalized and beaten up and chewed up in the press to where I need this today. We are being brutalized by our opponents, and our own party. So much of that is, I think, they look at him because of h

You may be a racist if … you use the term "break." This according to Ed Schultz. On his MSNBC program last night, Schultz referred to Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), someone Herman Cain would seriously consider as a running mate, as "the guy who used an old Southern, racist term when talking about defeating President Obama during the healthcare debate

The Romney web ad asks "what is President Obama worried about?"

Bill O'Reilly discusses the latest polling in the GOP race, and how Herman Cain will fare in the primary and how he could fare in a general election.

The U.S. plans on being an active partner as efforts intensify to get Europe get back on its feet financially, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told CNBC Friday. "Through the IMF, of course, we're already playing a very major role," he said in a live interview in Paris. "We're happy to see the IMF continue to play that role in support of a mo

Chris Matthews talks to Dana Milbank and Ron Reagan about the Obama Campaign going directly at Mitt Romney.

Joe Klein, writer for Time Magazine, tells Lawrence O'Donnell that people want compromise in politics. Klein talks about his experience discussing President Obama and the GOP field with voters.

The Special Report panel talks about the future of the Herman Cain campaign, and if he can really win the nomination.