"I do worry a great deal that this time of year that somehow this gets spun into election politics. I can assure you that those individuals who risked their lives, the last thing in the world that they want is to be spun into that. So I’m hoping that that doesn’t happen," former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ret. Admiral Mike Mullen tol

"Hes our first African American president. The country voted for him because of that. It made us feel good about [ourselves]. I’ve said it before, it helped that John McCain was about 142 years old. It helped that the economy was tanking. A lot of these things helped. But he never would have gotten there without his historic nature," Rep. Joe Wal

"He might be able to convince me. He's a convincing guy, but I really love this job. I really want to stay in this job," NJ Gov. Chris Christie (R) said to a group of students today. "Do I really look like the vice presidential type? You know? Sitting behind him at the State of the Union going (clapping). I don't think that's me. I think it's un

"There is nothing wrong with President Obama and his campaign citing the bin Laden raid as one of the successes of his administration. But Mr. Obama needs to be careful, because there is almost certainly less political gold in those hills than he may imagine," Brit Hume said on FOX News on Monday. "For example, the Gallup Organization asked peop

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Romney is certainly right when he says 'I would have done it.' There's nobody of prominence in Washington that would not have done it, other than by his own admission the man who is a heart beat away from the presidency, Joe Biden. And of course anybody would. Romney is right, Jimmy Carter would have done it. Jimmy Carter, in

Obama Attacks "Right to Work Laws" While Speaking to the AFL CIO Conference (April 30, 2012). "I believe that the economy is stronger when collective bargaining rights are protected," he said today.

President Obama is asked about "excessive celebration" about the anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden. "As far as my personal role and what other folks would do, I'd just recommend that everybody take a look at people's previous statements in terms of whether they thought it was appropriate to go into Pakistan and take out bin Laden," Oba

April 30 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Representative Ron Paul, a Texas Republican, and Paul Krugman, a Nobel-Prize winning Princeton University economist, discuss U.S. economic policies, Federal Reserve monetary policy and the budget deficit. They speak with Trish Regan and Adam Johnson on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart."

TODD: Clarence, you've been covering politics a long time. Republicans politicizing foreign policy and being good on this: it happens a lot. And it's always amazing to me: when Democrats try and do it, they usually are awkward at it, they're just not as comfortable doing it. But Republicans seem to be over- . . . are they overreacting to what

EPA regional administrator resigns after uproar over comment.

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"We reported a true story. II am not at CBS now because I and my team reported a true story. It was a tough story, a story a lot of people didn’t want to believe and it was subjected to a terrific propaganda barrage to discredit it," Dan Rather said on ABC's "Good Morning America" today. "President Bush,, when he was in National Guard service,

“I’m genuinely curious here. If, as the joke suggests, Marcus Bachmann is gay, but he hasn’t come to grips with himself,” Cain asked the other two, “now I’m asking two guys who have been through this process — honestly, I’m honestly curious — why is it ok to make fun of him, then? Is it just

"I don't think there should be an ad about that," Huffington said Monday on "CBS This Morning." "I think it's one thing to celebrate the fact that they did such a great job (with television specials). All that is perfectly legitimate. But to turn it into a campaign ad is one of the most despicable things you can do."

Mitt Romney said "of course" he would have ordered military forces to make the 2011 raid the resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden, adding "even Jimmy Carter would have given that order.

Obama campaign: The video outlines the challenges America faced as President Obama took office at the height of the worst recession in almost a century and details the progress that has been made reclaiming the security of the middle class and building an economy that's meant to last, where hard work pays and responsibility is rewarded.

RealClearPolitics Co-Founder and Executive Editor Tom Bevan, RCP White House correspondent Alexis Simendinger and RCP political reporter Erin McPike discuss the White House Correspondents Dinner and the 2012 race on WLS-AM.