Paul Krugman on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday: "I have a structural hypothesis here." "You have a Republican ideology which Mitt Romney obviously doesn't believe in. He just oozes insincerity. That's just so obvious. But all of the others are fools and clowns. And there's a question here. Maybe, my hypothesis is, maybe this is an ideology fools an

"Gingrich's is an amazingly efficient candidacy in that it embodies everything that is disagreeable about modern Washington. He's the classic rental politician," George Will said on "This Week" today. "People think that his problem is his colorful personal life. He'll hope that people concentrate on that rather than, for example, ethanol. Al Gor

Booing occurs beginning at the 0:06 mark after Michelle Obama is introduced.

"The way the voters in New Hampshire are you always wonder if its better not to be the frontrunner coming into that state. I mean, I've covered more than one frontrunner that's gone into Iowa and got hammered in New Hampshire. So, these are extremely difficult times for Mitt Romney. He's got a lot to lose, he's got a lot of advantages and some of t

Newt Gingrich offers his advice to the "Occupy" protesters. "Go get a job after you take a bath," he said to raucous applause at the Thanksgiving Family Forum in Des Moines, Iowa. All GOP presidential candidates, except Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, participated.

George Will, Peggy Noonan, Matthew Dowd, and Paul Krugman discuss.

Brit Hume, AB Stoddard, Bill Kristol and Juan Williams discuss.

Dee Dee Myers, Mike Murphy, Eugene Robinson and Ed Gillespie examine who’s up and who’s down in the polls, and share their explanation for those numbers.

CROWLEY: And are you going to come up with a deal? MURRAY: I'm sure my Republican counterparts did the same, but there is one sticking divide, and that is the issue of what I call shared sacrifice, where everybody contributes in a very challenging time for our country. CROWLEY: Tax increases. MURRAY: And that's the Bush tax cuts and ma

"I think it's very difficult for the Democrats on that committee to enter into a negotiation, not knowing where the White House is," Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) told "This Week" anchor Christiane Amanpour. "They don't want to get their legs cut out underneath them as they agree to some entitlement reform measures that later on the White House decides t

“Automatic cuts (sequestration) are sort of like telling your children that, you know, if you don't clean up your mess, or else,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Maybe we need the ‘or else’ because Congress isn't behaving the way they should be behaving. Maybe sequestration is our only way we will

"We could have a deal in the next two hours. We could have an agreement, a solution to this problem. We could cut $1.2 trillion, and we could do it tomorrow morning, we could put it before the nation and get this job done. And there are only two things blocking us from doing that," Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) told NBC's "Meet the Press" this morning.

"The president inherited an economy that was spinning toward nearly a depression, a financial system that was frozen up, an auto industry that was near collapse. And then, everybody made some choices," Rahm Emanuel said on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday. Emanuel is Obama's former chief of staff and is now the mayor of Chicago. "He’s offered a

Republican presidential candidates met at the First Federated Church in Des Moines, Iowa, last night for a dinnertime "family discussion" at the Thanksgiving Family Forum. All candidates except Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman participated. (via The Right Scoop)

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) talks with Bob Schieffer about the deficit and what may be the problem in Washington preventing democrats and republicans from reaching an agreement. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) spoke with Bob Schieffer on what will happen if the congressional supercomittee fails to reach an agreement on making spending cuts.

Supercommittee member, Republican Whip Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Arizona), says the committee doesn’t have a deal yet but they aren’t going to “quit until the stroke of midnight.”