"It reveals to me that he grew up in a privileged way. He never had to really work for anything. He never had to go through what Americans are going through. There's 14-plus million Americans sitting out there, some of them watching this program tonight, that don't have a job. This president has never felt that angst that they have in their heart.

"Maybe this is just wishful thinking that Romney is not a total foreign policy idiot, because frankly, the rest of them sound like foreign policy idiots," Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson said on MSNBC. Robinson also says that the GOP field is "tainted" by George Bush. "They're all kind of associated with and dare I say tainted by th

Recorded at Johns Hopkins University on November 15, 2011. Rove interrupted by Occupy Baltimore. (via Verum Serum)

CHRIS MATTHEWS: "He's not a human being. He's a gaseous state, isn't he? This is like a gaseous state around the world. I mean, this is Newtism."

Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) tells FOX News that there is a "concerted effort" to silence his opinion. "They don't want to hear what I have to say because I do challenge the status quo. The statue quo of both parties, and our foreign policy, and the policy of the Federal Reserve which serves a lot of powerful special interests, so maybe there is a conce

"It's part of a pattern in which the Republicans who were the ones responsible for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the bad times incredibly tried to blame us. Newt Gingrich was Speaker of the House in 1995 through 1998, for four years. during that period, he never moved anything to restrain Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. His fellow Republicans conti

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has acknowledged receiving personal compensation from Freddie Mac. The former House speaker left open the possibility that his consulting firm received between $1.6 million and $1.8 million. "I offered strategic advice over a long period of time," Gingrich said when asked about a Bloomberg report

Robert Reich explains how the Super Committee could reduce the deficit by raising taxes on the 1% and create jobs, rather than making cuts that will hurt working families.

“It’s about time that I asked this from the media: Stop being afraid of this president,” said Rep. West (R-FL). “Stand up to him and call him out on the shirking of his duties and responsibilities. The House Republicans are passing pieces of legislation, after pieces of legislation about jobs.” (via

Rick Perry calls for a balanced budget amendment and Congressional paycuts in a new ad. "Obama's socialist policies are bankrupting America. We must stop him now," Perry says in the ad.

NRSC ad: $15 trillion debt. 925+ days without a budget. 22 jobs bills blocked. Siriously.

"These are people who were living in dirt, these were people who are involved in drugs, there was violence, there was rape, these were a small number of people," Rep. Peter King (R-NY) of NYC said.

Laura Ingraham, host: "Former Freddie Mac officials, according to Bloomberg, Mr. Speaker, said that in 2006 you were asked to build bridges to Capitol Hill Republicans and develop an argument on behalf of Freddie Mac’s public-private structure that would resonate with conservatives seeking to dismantle it. Is that accurate?" Newt Gingrich: "We

Obama at a press conference in Australia: "With respect to Europe, I'm deeply concerned, have been deeply concerned, I suspect we'll be deeply concerned tomorrow and next week and the week after that. Until we put in place a concrete plan and structure that sends a clear signal to the markets that Europe is standing behind the euro and will do what

"This is not some coincidence. This was planned and I think the question really has to be asked of the federal government and of the Obama administration. Why? Why? Why are you participating in this against a non-violent mass movement of people who are upset at what Wall Street and the banks have done to their lives?" Michael Moore said on Current

FOX News: Outrage is spreading inside as well as outside of Michigan, where a program currently forces the parents of disabled children to join a caretakers union and pay union fees. The kicker? They don’t even get any of the union

"Freedom for Cuba now!" Cain said to cheers after someone yelled at him several minutes into his remarks, "What about freedom for Cuba?" (source: Herman Cain)

Charles Krauthammer talks about the GOP presidential race and says that Gingrich has, at best, a 7-1 chance of being the nominee.

MSNBC: Grover Norquist's anti-tax pledge has been undone by something signers of his pledge wrote into law 10 years ago. Grover is in deep trouble tonight and he knows it. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell has the story.

Ed Schultz discusses the GOP presidential race and how the candidates are polling in Iowa. Schultz says the GOP candidates just can't seem to gain ground on the president.

O'Reilly says that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be abolished and that the "Occupy" protesters should be outraged at those organizations. He believes that the protesters hate the private sector.

Daily Caller Publisher Neil Patel slams Politico for left-wing bias.