"I understand there are places like MSNBC that are essentially the Obama re-election team. But, you know, that's fine. This is a free society. You can also say that Fox tends to be nicer to [Republicans] than to Obama," presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said at a campaign event in Jacksonville, Florida today. Gingrich praised the mainstream m

"If it hurts me politically, it’s a consequence of the truth. I am not going to walk away from that. It’s right for states to come up with their own solutions. I doubt other people are going try and follow the one we put together. Maybe learn from our experience. Maybe come up with something better. But the wrong course is to have the federal g

Bill Kristol and Charles Krauthammer were asked why they don't have anything "negative" to say about Mitt Romney in this election cycle. Kristol, for his part, says "I think if you ask the Romney campaign who was sort of their less favorite people on television or magazine editors, it's me because I haven't jumped on the Romney bandwagon." Kr

Last night on FOX News' "Hannity" program presidential candidate Rick Perry (R-TX) said President Obama grew up "privileged" and has "never had to go through what Americans [are now] going through." Perhaps Go

Jack Abramoff talks to David Gregory. David Gregory, "Meet the Press" moderator: The transparency of government is still an issue, it's an issue on the campaign trail. Newt Gingrich, the former speaker, is now caught up in this with Freddie Mac, the large housing giant now controlled by the government. He claimed he got $300,000 to be a consulta

“One of the reasons I’m here this morning is to issue a warning and call attention to some matters that I believe are important. People will make many promises about what this deal will be about, if it passes… but what we’ve seen so far indicates that, secret deals, while they remain secret, are promoted to be far better than they are when

"I'll say this about this whole race. This is a basic question. Without regard to individual intellect, this is a question about 'do you want to invest in America for prosperity or austerity and cut taxes for the most privileged few?' This is a clear choice and I tell all Americans get off the couch and get in motion. Our future is really on the li

"I support tax reform. I support looking at our code and saying there are things that don't belong in there, perhaps. Let's study and let's identify what those things are. But let's flatten the tax code. Let's simplify it, let's make it easier and more predictable. At the end of the day, I think that an economy not creating jobs is not an economy t

House Minority Leader Pelosi says no to debating Rick Perry when he is in Washington on Monday. "Monday I'm going to be in Portland in the morning, I'm going to be visiting some of our labs. I'm in California in the afternoon, that's two. I can't remember wh

This RNC web ad criticizes President Obama and replays comments he made about the national debt during his campaign for president.

This web ad from the DNC uses commentary from media outlets to criticize Mitt Romney and Rick Perry's latest attack on President Obama.

REP. UPTON: Last question, though my time is expired. Based on what you know and what’s happened, who is to apologize for the half a billion dollars that has been out the door? SEC'Y CHU: Well, it’s extremely unfortunate what has happened with Solyndra. If you look back and look at the time, the decisions being made, was there incompetence,

Daily Show: The congressional super committee's failure to reach a deficit-cutting agreement could trigger sequestration, a process that combines sequestering and castration.

RealClearPolitics Executive Editor Tom Bevan appears on "Lou Dobbs Tonight" and discusses the Penn State child abuse scandal with Dobbs, Danny Fontana and Patty Briguglio.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin discusses the Penn State child abuse scandal."It's not the players' fault that they have a perverted former assistant coach. I would like to see the players not suffer more than they have suffered. As for the perp and perps, though, that allowed the sinfulness to go on as they had allowed in the past, you kn

The panel discusses the bonuses being paid to the executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and why the White House has not spoken out against them.

Rachel Maddow replays foreign policy answers from President Bush, Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann and others. She criticizes their handling of international issues.

O'Reilly talks about the origins of the "Occupy" movement and how it has played out since it started months ago.

Lawrence O'Donnell, Chris Hayes and Rich Galen talk about the state of Newt Gingrich's campaign and how he will fare now that he is near the top of the GOP polls.