"Here's the president talking about respect for the law and implying there's partisanship if the law is overturned. We all were witnesses to the oral hearings in which Obama's case for the constitutionality of the law was utterly demolished to the point where one liberal observer called it a 'train wreck,'" Charles Krauthammer said on FOX News' "Sp

President Obama talks about hypothetical situations where the economy would be doing much better than it is right now. Obama: "If state and local government hiring were basically on par to what our current economy recovery -- on par with past recoveries, the unemployment rate would probably be about a point lower than it is right now."

White House press secretary Jay Carney goes it at with FOX News' Bret Baier in an interview that aired on the network's news program "Special Report." Bret Baier, FOX News: Democrats put forward a budget that failed in the House, a version of the president's budget was voted on in the House and Democrats said it was a stunt, but it f

This campaign will deal with many complicated issues but there is a basic choice before us: The President has pledged to “transform America,” and he has spent the last four years laying the foundation for a new Government-Centered Society. I will spend the next four years rebuilding the foundation of our Opportunity Society, led by free p

“Virtually none of the claims he makes about our budget are actually true,” Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) tells CNBC's Larry Kudlow. “He’s distorting the truth, he’s dividing the country, and he’s becoming more bitter and partisan by the day. Frankly, it’s kind of sad to see.” "This is surreal. Really bizarre," Ryan told CNBC's Larry

"This bears on your reporting," President Obama said to journalists. "I think that there is oftentimes the impulse to suggest that if the two parties are disagreeing then they're equally at fault and the truth lies somewhere in the middle. And an equivalence is presented which I think reinforces peoples' cynicism about Washington in general. This i

Sean Hannity, FOX News: "You had an interesting comment earlier today where you suggested that whoever the nominee should go rogue, familiar term for you, in terms of their choice for V.P. What would be a rogue choice? Who would you like to see if you could pick maybe three or four people to suggest?" Sarah Palin: "Specific names? Top of my list

“It really is [such a strange spring],” Steele said. “That’s kind of the climate change we are seeing. You know, extremes are kind of ruling the roost and really what we are seeing, more become the norm.” (via Jeff Poor/Dail

"That is simply not true," DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said on FOX News' when host Greta van Susteren said Harry Reid will not bring the Obama budget up for an up or down vote in the Senate. Wasserman Schultz, however, did not have an answer for when the Obama budget will be up for a vote in the Senate. "Greta, I'm a memb

RUSH: How many people are homeless? Shouldn't the government do something about that? Shouldn't the government mandate that everybody buy or rent a house? And shouldn't the Supreme Court uphold that because, how can you take a house away from somebody as we force them to buy it? This is what he's arguing here. It's figuratively speaking here.

"We’re looking at Iran. I happen to think that the President is going to start a war with Iran. I think it will be a short-term popular thing to do, and I think he’s going to do that for political reasons, if you want to know the truth. I don’t know if anyone says this openly, but I think he’s going to start a war with Iran. And, that will

"I will not be one of those people that says one of them -- any of them needs to get out," fmr. Gov. Sarah Palin said on "Hannity" tonight. "They know what their resources are, they know what they have to offer. And you know, more power to them for being in that arena, being willing to duke it out in the arena of ideas. And as I said all along, com

"I get letters every day from people who are affected by the health care law right now, even though it is not fully implemented. Young people who are 24 or 25 who say, 'You know what, I just got diagnosed with a tumor. First of all, I would not gone to get a check-up if I hadn't had health insurance. Second of all, I wouldn't been able to afford to

"You have a guy who wants to go back to the same policies that got us into this disaster. He wants to cut taxes for the very wealthy, cut Wall Street loose to write its own rules and he thinks that this somehow is going to produce broad prosperity for Americans. We've tested that. It's failed," David Axelrod told CBS' "This Morning." "I think he

Dean Singleton, chairman of the Associated Press board, showers President Obama with praise before he addressed the audience: "As president, he inherited the headwinds of the worst economic recession since the Great Depression. He pushed through Congress the biggest economic recovery plan history and what a government reorganization of two of the b

"Here's the deal the states would be getting. They would have to be running these programs in the face of the largest cut to Medicaid that has ever been proposed," President Obama warned on Tuesday. "A cut that according to one nonpartisan group would take away health care for about 19 million Americans. 19 million. Who are these Americans? Many

Obama: "This is supposed to be paying down our deficit? It’s laughable. The bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission that I created, which the Republicans were for until I was for it, that was about paying down the deficit. I didn’t agree with all the details. I proposed about $600 billion more in revenue and $600 billion -- I am sorry, it proposed

Olbermann Watch: A few words from the man who knew him well, who had to substitute host his show while Keith sat in the bathtub...Mr John Gibson.

"Maybe when we know that most of today's middle-class jobs require more than a high-school degree. We shouldn't gut education or lay off thousands of teachers or raise interest rates on college loans or take away people's financial aid. But that's exactly the opposite of what they've done," President Obama said at a speech on the economy today.

"The president is totally immersed in this campaign. He made references to things that have happened in the Republican nomination fight that I wasn't sure he paid attention to. He's not only processes them, he's figured out how to talk about them in the general election," Mark Halperin said on MSNBC today.

Obama on the Paul Ryan budget: "We wouldn't have the capacity to enforce the laws that protect the air we breathe, the water we drink, or the food that we eat. Cuts to the FAA would likely result in more flight cancellations, delays and the complete elimination of air traffic control services in parts of the country. Over time, our weather forecast

(h/t The Right Scoop) Rick Santorum discusses the possibility of joining forces with Newt Gingrich as the nomination fight progresses on Sean Hannity's radio show. "We've been saying from the very beginning th

Rachel Maddow discusses Rick Santorum's comments on the University of California system.

During an event in Norfolk, VA: VP Joe Biden spends over 11 minutes blaming high gas prices on Iran, Oil Fields, speculation and various other reasons. "I'm going to give you a brief answer," Biden said before his long response. GOP: It’s not every day that the Vice President of the United States talks about Iran “tak[ing] out the Saudi o

Brit Hume looks at how Rick Santorum overcame long odds in the GOP primary race.

Charlie Rose: When Americans in overwhelming numbers show that they don’t approve of the Congress, why do you think that is? Rep. Nancy Pelosi: Well, they don’t see -- I don’t approve of the Congress. So count me among them.

Michael Smerconish, Eugene Robinson and David Corn discuss recent polling on the presidential race from battleground states.

O'Reilly outlines how he sees the election playing out over the coming months.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin talks to TODAY’s Matt Lauer about the economy, the 2012 election and her advice for the GOP presidential hopefuls. When asked if she’s happy about Mitt Romney leading the GOP pack, Palin tells Lauer there can still be a “shakeup” in the race. “Anything is still possible, there can still be a bit of a