"They are literally doing the opposite of what virtually every economist says except for a handful on the right think, which is at this point you should not be further retrenching government spending," Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said about Republicans on MSNBC.

Ron Paul would not pledge to rule out a third-party run for president if he did not get the Republican nod. Paul said he is running for the Republican nomination and to make such an announcement now would undermine his current campaign. Paul was discussing his candidacy with the panel on FOX News' "Special Report." However, Ron Paul hinted se

"The reason why this is so frustrating and annoying is because the vessel through which those of us who believe in liberty, and private property, constitutionalism and so forth -- that we work through is the Republican party," Mark Levin said on his nationally syndicated radio show about John Boehner. Levin says Boehner has "succeeded" with co-o

Perry campaign spokesman Ray Sullivan would not confirm if the Republican Governor from Texas would be participating in all future debates. "There are I think 18 more in the planning phases, there's no way that the candidates can do all those debates," Sullivan told John King on CNN.

"Paul Ryan is a very insidious person. But one thing I think people need to know is that he is the darling of the elite, the establishment in Washington, D.C. My colleague Ari Berman wrote a cover story for The Nation last week called 'How the Austerity Class Rules Washington.' "And we are seeing an austerity class of pundits, and politicians, a

CNN reports: Despite the jokes poked at Cain's new ad, Herman Cain's chief of staff Mark Block says they're serious about running and winning. Block says he's just being himself.

White House press secretary Jay Carney reacts to what he also calls violence at several "Occupy" protests across the country. "As to the violence, we obviously believe and insist that everyone behave in a lawful manner. Even as they're expressing, justifiably, their frustrations," he said.

"I sort of think it's cool. I mean, there's something I like about it," Donald Trump says about the "Occupy movement." Trump spoke with CNN's Piers Morgan.

ABC's Jake Tapper asked White House press secretary Jay Carney for a reaction to Speaker John Boehner saying he is "keeping a very close eye" on the president due to his recent executive orders. Boehner told rad

Reason.tv followed investment guru, radio show host, and unflappable defender of capitalism Peter Schiff as he spent three hours among the Occupy Wall Street protesters in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park. An unapologetic member of "the 1 Percent," Schiff argued with all comers for the better part of an afternoon. Schi

he Rev. Al Sharpton joins the panel to discuss Rep. Paul Ryan's statements that President Obama's actions to tackle economic troubles are sowing social unrest.

"I thought we were a nation of laws and that our country was governed by our Constitution. And as I have been around my district and the country this year, there’s more of an interest in our founding principles than at any time in my political career. And when you talk about the founding principles, you realize that Article I gives the Congress o

Exercising His Executive Authority To Help Americans "What gives the president the right to [enact measures] by executive order," NBC's Mike Vaccaro asked White House press secretary Jay Carney today. "The things [Obama] is doing administratively, through executive powers are things he can do, the things that do not require legislative action

CHRIS MATTHEWS: "Let me finish tonight with this: here’s how government’s supposed to work in this country. You have an election. One party wins, the other party loses. Both get the message and do what they’re supposed to do. Republicans won the 2010 Congressional elections. They were supposed to come to Washington and make a deal with the De

"For you to have two dead agents and to have never had a conversation with Eric Holder about Fast and Furious and about this is totally unacceptable," an angry Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) told Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

"For Paul Ryan or any other Republican to talk about this, to talk about the president inciting the politics of division is much like O.J. [Simpson] saying he's going to devote his life to finding the real killer," former Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) said. "They're the real killers."

Leftist spokesman, filmmaker and author Michael Moore spoke during a book signing at Barnes & Noble in White Plains.During the Q and A Moore is asked how liberals are going to convince people to vote to re-elect President Obama. Moore responds: "If Obama stands up for the working, middle class, he can pull it off ... I don't know how we can 'make h

"I mean Rick Perry's completely blown himself up. There's zero chance that Herman Cain's going to be the nominee," James Carville told ABC's "Good Morning America." "The best thing Rick Perry could do for his family and his friends is just get out of the race and go back to Texas. This man is evidently not up to this. He had plenty chances to do

"Absolutely. Because I think what's going on in this country with frustration around income, and quite frankly frustration around Wall Street. Look at what every one of the Republican candidates wants to roll back: Wall Street reform. Barack Obama, on the other hand, is out fighting for the middle class and making sure we can send our children to c

SEN. TOOMEY: I know it is your view that the recent huge increase in spending and the corresponding big deficits have generated more economic growth and more job creation that we would have had in the absence of those things. But surely you’d agree, that that essentially asks for a comparison to a counterfactual, and as such, it’s completely im

"There is a frightening level of anti-Semitism in some of these gatherings fundamentally different than the Tea Party," Newt Gingrich said on CBS. RELATED: Dionne: Operation Wall Street Is "Disciplined," Has "Wo

Presidential candidate Ron Paul fields questions from the "Special Report" panel about immigration and other issues facing the GOP field.

Bill O'Reilly talks about the violence at the "Occupy Oakland" event and says the "Occupy" protesters have anti-Semitic factions.

Rachel Maddow argues that America has a growing problem with income inequality and is in danger of destroying the American Dream.

MSNBC's Ed Schultz asks does President Obama have to do everything? "He is inciting civil war. That's what he's doing. You take his comments and dissect him and see exactly what they mean. It's almost as if the Republicans want violence to take place in our society. And the Democrats just sit there and let President Obama take it. Where's the co