"I've told people that I think Mitt Romney is the 'Denny's' of the Republican field. And here's what I mean by that. Denny's is not the restaurant you jump in the car and say, 'Honey, it's our anniversary. Let's go to 'Denny's.' But 'Denny's' is the place that when everything else is closed, or you just want to go someplace where you know what you'

“This budget strategy is a road map of American decline. It is going to reduce our capacity. It does exactly what the President had said he was not going to do, which is it will adapt our capacity and our strategies to fit a budget," Charles Krauthammer said on FOX News' "Special Report" tonight. "This is a budget that is going to reduce Ameri

"First of all, the fact that the military budget is being appropriately identified as one of the causes of the deficit is a big breakthrough," Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" tonight. "I mean, you can go back and do a content search. And I've been on this for a long time. You know, I want to do a little 'I told

“So if you’re not happy unless you’re married to five other people, is that OK?” Santorum asked one student. “Reason says that if you think it’s okay for two [individuals to marry], then you have to differentiate for me why it’s not okay for three,” he argued later. ABC News' video, the second clip, is a longer version.

"So I'm prepared, if the NAACP invites me, I'll go to their convention and talk about why the African-American community should demand paychecks and not be satisfied with food stamps," Newt Gingrich said at a townhall event in Plymouth, N.H. today.

When White House press secretary Jay Carney uses the phrase "the previous administration" it is usually an opportunity for him to point out that President Obama "inherited" problems and a poor economy from former President Bush. However, at today's press briefing, Carney was more than happy to cite the Bush administration when it came to explain

During his opening remarks at Shaker Heights High School in Shaker Heights, Ohio, President Obama got laughs when he told students that they inspire him. "I want you to know you're the reason that I ran for this office in the first place. You remind me what we are still fighting for," Obama said to tepid cheers. "You inspire me," Obama said t

“Yeah, I still like him — admire him personally,” Brooks said on Laura Ingraham's radio show this morning. “He’s certainly more liberal than I thought he was. And he’s more liberal than he thinks he is. He thinks he is just slightly center-left. But when you got down to his instincts, they’re pretty left. And his problem is he can’t

President Obama's appointee to the Consumer protection bureau Richard Cordray is a staunch supporter of Obamacare. He has said the lawsuits against the legislation were "frivolous" because of the commerce clause. Cordray, before his recess appointment to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, served as the Attorney General of Ohio and decline

Q Jay, on recess appointments, earlier you said, I don’t think anybody expects Washington to be a campfire where everyone sits around and sings Kumbaya. What about hope and change? I thought there was an expectation -- the President said that if he got elected, maybe it wouldn’t be singing around a campfire but the situation would improve.

One of the questions asked by host Don Imus was who Tapper thought the “elitist left-wing media” wanted to be the nominee. “Probably Romney,” Jake Tapper replied. “Just because he — I think, to, you know, to — well, I’m basing this on as I was flipping the channels last night and I was basing this on, I flipped on Current TV last

White House press secretary Jay Carney says Senate Republicans gaveling in and gaveling out for seven seconds does not constitute a recess. Therefore, Carney argues, President Obama operated in a legal manner when he appointed Richard Cordray to head the consumer protection board. "Our assessment is that Congress has been in recess, and had made

Conservative blogger and political analyst Michelle Malkin reacted to the news saying that first and foremost, she wants viewers to be aware that many of the “elite” involved in such meetings are actually grassroot conservative leaders, many of whom have operated outside of the Beltway and are not just members of the establishment. Malkin co

"The President has just put his finger in the eye of the American people and said that he is above the law. And Republicans will meet and use every alternative to prevent this from happening again with this President," Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) said about President Obama's recess appointments on MSNBC today.

"I'm the only one who can go head-to-head with Obama to explain conservative philosophy, to explain American history and can take Obama’s ideas and record and convince the American people that he’s hopeless," Newt Gingrich said on the campaign trail in New Hampshire today. Gingrich predicts that Romney's support will "melt pretty rapidly."

Jon Stewart on "six hours of mostly unnecessary coverage" cable news gave to the Iowa caucus.

Steve Forbes tells Newsmax that his preferred presidential candidate, Rick Perry, can make a comeback. In this exclusive Newsmax.TV video, the publisher and two-time presidential candidate calls Iowa a "real repudiation" of Mitt Romney and predicts that the "real battle is going to be in South Carolina."

Steven Ratner, who oversaw the bailout of Chrysler and General Motors, says that President Obama should approve the Keystone pipeline. Rattner: I'm not an expert, but yy instinct is he should approve it. My instinct is we need the energy, we need the jobs, it can be done in a safe way.

In this ad airing in South Carolina, Mitt Romney attacks the National Labor Relations Board, saying it is stacked with "union stooges." He says the board's attempt to stop a Boeing plant from being built in South Carolina was "un-American" and won't happen when he is president.

President Obama speaks out on the new Pentagon budget strategy. "So, yes, our military will be leaner, but the world must know-the United States is going to maintain our military superiority with Armed Forces that are agile, flexible and ready for the full range of contingencies and threats," President Obama said today. "Some will no doubt sa

This ad from Newt Gingrich's campaign calls Mitt Romney's economic plan "timid" and "virtually identical to Obama's failed policy." "Timid won't create jobs, and timid certainly won't defeat Barack Obama," the narrator says. "Newt Gingrich's bold leadership balanced the budget, reformed welfare, helped create millions of new jobs. The Gingrich j

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Eugene Robinson doesn't think voters will be "down" with how Rick Santorum and his wife mourned their stillborn child. "He's not a little weird, he's really weird," Robinson said of Santorum. "And some of his positions that he has taken are just so weird that I think that some Republicans are off-put. Not everyb

As C-SPAN was waiting for President Obama's Defense Strategic Review press conference to begin a hot mic caught a reporter taking a swing at Ron Paul. "See this room? Two-thirds of us laid off when Ron Paul is president," the reporter said. Before the comment was made, the reporter could be heard laughing about Ron Paul. Soon after the rep

Nancy Pelosi talks about President Obama's recess appointments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the National Labor Relations Board. Republicans have objected to the appointments arguing that that Congress is still in session, and not in recess. (h/t

But when Congress refuses to act, and as a result, hurts our economy and puts our people at risk, then I have an obligation as President to do what I can without them. (Applause.) I’ve got an obligation to act on behalf of the American people. And I’m not going to stand by while a minority in the Senate puts party ideology ahead of the peopl

"The Ed Show" panel discusses the future of the GOP race and how Rick Santorum will fare. Jonathan Alter believes that Rick Santorum will do well in the upcoming primaries in New Hampshire and South Carolina.

The "Hardball" panelists discuss the results of the Iowa caucuses.

The panel discusses the GOP race as it heads to New Hampshire.

Karl Rove on the results of the Iowa Caucuses.

Members of the Wall Street Journal editorial board discuss Mitt Romney's tax proposals. Jason Riley: When Romney came in and spoke to The Wall Street Journal recently, he said that "someone with my background can't make an argument for cutting taxes on wealthy individuals." That was sort of why he--his argument for a more modest tax proposal her