DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL) says the Republican party is trying to disenfranchise and "suppress" the votes of minorities and other groups in the Democratic voting bloc by enacting laws requiring a valid I.D. at polls. "It's very transparent who they're trying to block from the polls and who they want to smooth the path for,

When asked if she has a candidate she would like to endorse in the 2012 GOP field, Fmr. Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) said she hasn't made up her mind as of now, and that it wouldn't matter. Palin said her endorsement would amount to a "hill of a beans." "I think today, my personal endorsement, probably doesn't amount to a hill of beans today, a

"This president has done more to delegitimize and undermine Israel’s position in the world than any other president and he did it by arriving on the scene and imposing and demanding of Israel a freeze on settlements including the building of the Jewish homes in the Jewish quarter of Jerusalem, of all places, something that had never been precondi

"For a while, Republicans were talking about class war. 'We can't have class war.' But what they're realizing is that people kind actually do want a class war, they want to go after the rich. So that wasn't working, so this is, I guess, Plan B," Markos "Kos" Moulitsas said on "Countdown." Keith Olbermann responds: "Yeah, to say nothing of the fa

A confident Newt Gingrich tells ABC's White House correspondent Jake Tapper that he will be the Republican nominee. Transcript available below: TAPPER: “How do you respond to Republicans who say if you don’t draw distinctions with Mitt Romney and others who are attacking you, if you don’t point out their perceived vulnerabiliti

"There's Newt Gingrich saying how great he is in front of a Christmas tree. He's his own Christmas present to himself, this guy. He's the happiest egomaniac i've ever seen in my life. Let's take a look at Newt last night. He seems to have taken some personal credit for the fall of communism. Why not, while you're at it?," Chris Matthews said on "Ha

"You can either be incompetent or radical, but if you're both incompetent and radical it's probably more than the system can bear," Newt Gingrich said on FOX News' "Hannity" on Wednesday

"He (Gingrich) would support [the Fed's decision] because you know he supported the TARP bailouts and the other things before, and I don’t think he’s really, any of the other ones have been truly exposed to Austrian free-market economics. They are in many ways a variant if not true Keynesians," Presidential candidates Rep. Ron Paul said on Laur

Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney responds to Newt Gingrich saying he is "a lot more conservative" than the former Massachusetts governor. "I don't claim to be the perfect candidate, I just claim to be a lot more conservative than Mitt Romney. And a lot more electable than anyone else," Gingrich said earlier this week. "I would take exception wit

Earlier this year Meghan McCain made the observation that Michele Bachmann was a "poor man's Sarah Palin." However, after interviewing the presidential candidate Meghan, like, totally changed her mind and said it is Bachman

When asked by Sean Hannity why he is the more conservative and more electable candidate in the GOP presidential race, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says, "I'm clearly the more conservative candidate by any rational standard. I had a 90 percent American Conservative Union standing for 20 years. I helped Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp develop su

Bill O'Reilly and Karl Rove discuss what Dodd-Frank will do to the banking industry and how Barney Frank opposed reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Rick Perry pokes fun of his performance at CNBC's Republican debate in November where he had a brain freeze and couldn't name the third federal department he would eliminate. Mr. Perry could only recall two. "You know, we've all lost our train of thought before, but not many have done it on national TV," Rick Perry said, being a good sport. P

Mitt Romney launches his first ad in Iowa. The audio of the ad is identical to the ad the campaign launched in New Hampshire earlier this week. Romney touts his business experience and plan to cut federal spending."I spent my life

"We're not claiming victory," Vice President Joe Biden said on NBC's "Today Show" this morning. "What we're claiming here is we've done our job the administration said it would do. To end a war we did not start, to end it in a responsible way ... and to leave in place the prospect of a trained military, a trained security force under democratic ins

Joe Scarborough, "Morning Joe" host: "Last night I went on Twitter at the end of the day, just for a few minutes, and a lot of anger, outrage from Newt supporters. And they kept saying: why do you hate Newt? Why is it so personal? I don't hate Newt. I don't really, I never even got to know Newt. I felt kind of bad when the conservatives got toget

Bill O'Reilly looks at the latest polling the GOP presidential race. He points out that at this time four years ago, Rudy Giuliani led the GOP field.

Radio talk show host and MSNBC anchor Ed Schultz responds to GQ naming him the third least influential person. (via Radio Equalizer)

Rachel Maddow lampoons Rick Perry for his recent misstatements on the campaign trail, including a remark where he indicated the voting age is 21. She also discusses how Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are leading the GOP race.

This new ad from Jon Huntsman's campaign draws on Mitt Romney's interview with Fox News' Bret Baier to highlight the former Massachusetts governor's shifts on various issues.

Ed Schultz criticizes the Senate GOP on the issue of payroll tax holiday extension. He says the Senate GOP is serving the richest 1% of America.