"We have lost our ambition, our imagination, and our willingness to do the things that built the Golden Gate Bridge," President Obama said at a fundraiser in San Francisco on Tuesday.

NBC News terrorism analyst Evan Kohlmann: "Not to mention the fact that President Bush, back in December 2001, had an opportunity to go in and get bin Laden. We knew where he was, he was in a specific location, we surrounded him. And at the time, the decision was made that it wasn't worth taking the risk. President Obama took that risk. And it coul

“I'm going to wait until everybody is voted off the island,” President Obama said during his taped "Tonight Show" appearance. “Once they narrow it down to one or two, I'll start paying attention.”

MSNBC's Martin Bashir likens Rick Perry to the mentally handicapped movie character Forrest Gump. Bashir says the only different between Gump and Perry is that Gump has a Medal of Honor. "I guess it’s a case of desperate man, desperate measures, as candidate Rick Perry finds himself floundering at the wrong end of the latest poll. Today’s

Rush Limbaugh: The Tea Party won a landslide election down ballot to the point that it affected statewide structure. It wasn't just a big sweep for Republicans in Washington. Republicans swept Democrats out everywhere on the ballot, even down to town council in some places. It was massive. Now, the establishment types and the media want everybody t

This Spanish-language ad from the DNC says that President Obama made the tough decisions needed to keep the economy from collapsing completely.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) claims Rick Perry has done things not in favor of blacks such as approving a confederate license plate and closing schools in minority districts.

"We turned the economy around. When you see 23, 24 months of consecutive job growth in our private sector and you see the president standing up today saying, look, it's not a bailout to help police officers and teachers and help people stay in their homes. These are not bailouts. These are Americans," Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Penn.) told MSNBC's Al Sha

“I’ve been on team Romney for a year and a half, two years,” Meghan McCain said on the "Imus" program. “I think he’s the most qualified and I’m sick of personalities. I don’t need a rock star president and I never did, and I don’t care about celebrity. I think he’s the smartest, most capable and knows the most about the economy an

"My reaction to Rick Perry's new/old plan is that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result," DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said. "This is not a new idea, this is not something that is proposed for the first time. A flat tax has been introduced in the past, and it's

Texas Gov. Rick Perry unveils his economic plan in South Carolina."It is time to pass a tax that is flat and fair and that frees our employers and our people to invest and grow and prosper," he said. "We will set our employers and our people free."

This Web video from Herman Cain's campaign features Chief of Staff Mark Block encouraging supporters to get involved. He then takes a drag from a cigarette before the video cuts to a smiling Herman Cain.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry discusses his new economic plan with CNBC's John Harwood.JOHN HARWOOD: Year one, year two, you're going to blow a huge hole in the deficit, wouldn't you?RICK PERRY: Look, I'm looking long term. I'm looking to get this country back on track. If you're looking for somebody that's going to nibble around the edges

Lawrence O'Donnell and Jared Bernstein discuss Rick Perry's tax proposal. They say that if the plan allows young workers to opt-out of Social Security, the program would die. They also agree that Perry and Cain's plans would benefit the wealthy and not the middle class.

JOHN HARWOOD: And you mentioned class warfare. In 1996, when your advisor Steve Forbes was running on a flat tax, Mitt Romney said it was a tax cut for fat cats. If he says that about your plan, what are you going to say to him? RICK PERRY: Well I would said that he ought to go look in the mirror I guess. I consider him to be a fat cat.

Bill O'Reilly talks about the latest 'Occupy' protests across the country and says that violence is on the rise as the demonstrations continue.

Charles Krauthammer and the panel discuss the future of Libya. They also discuss whether Gaddafi should have been killed or put on trial.

Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, talks to Rachel Maddow about the Obama Administration's foreign policy. Topics include Syria and Libya.