"No, they’re not a bad company," Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Mass.) said about Bain Capital on CNN tonight. "Nobody is saying they are, including the president. You know, it's a remarkable thing. If you take a little step back to watch how good the Republicans are good at changing the subject." "This is not about Bain. It’s not about private equit

" think there are times when it's appropriate to put a surrogate out there, and there are times when President Obama believes that there is no one better than the president himself to stand up and make the central case that because Mitt Romney has been repeatedly saying that his central qualification for the presidency of the United States is his r

"My endorsement, that I'll announce firsthand here to you Greta, [of] Senator Orrin Hatch in Utah," Sarah Palin revealed on FOX News' "On the Record" tonight. "I want him to win. I join Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and other conservatives who would like to see Mr. Balanced Budget return to Washington." "He's part of that one-percent you hear about,"

Chris Matthews on Sarah Palin calling for more vetting of President Obama during her appearance on "Hannity" last night: "I think her briefing papers have the weight of a comic book." "Anyway, there you hav

"Alright, let’s just stop it,” MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan said to his panel while they were arguing about the failed solar energy company Solyndra. “Stop it. If you want to argue about roads and Solyndra, do it on another TV show. Seriously. I have so much limited amount of time to be here and there are so many other things that I’d rather talk

MSNBC's Chris Matthews: "Governor Rendell, big question, are you with the Obama campaign as it's being run right now or are you against it?" Fmr. DNC Chairman and Fmr. Gov. Ed Rendell: "Well, either/or."

White House press secretary Jay Carney got involved in campaign matters at today's WH briefing, saying Mitt Romney "deserves some scrutiny" about his business credentials. At the briefing, ABC's Jake Tapper asks Carney why Obama is

White House press secretary Jay Carney defends the Obama campaign taking money from Wall Street bankers because they aren't running for president. Using the same argument, Carney says Romney's experience as a business leader does not necessarily qualify him to sit in the Oval Office. Later in the briefing, ABC's Jake Tapper

“This is not an attack on free enterprise,” said Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), a top Democrat. “I don’t take contributions from payday lenders. I refuse to do that. That’s free enterprise. But there’s something about that enterprise that I have a problem with. And there’s something about raping companies and leaving them in debt and sett

On Monday, President Obama gave the commencement address at Joplin High School in Joplin, Missouri. Just hours after last year’s graduation ceremony, the school was destroyed by a massive tornado that claimed the lives of one graduate and 160 others in Joplin. Several passages of Obama's speech contained similar language to what the president

"Imagine where we'd be if the Tea Party hadn't taken control of the House of Representatives," Biden said adding that they were "a group set on obstructionism." "They have one overwhelming goal: prevent President Obama from a second term, with no - apparently no care of the consequences to the economy," he said. Biden insisted that the president

"It's the craziest thing ever to have happened to me," Jimmy Fallon, the host of "Late Night" said about President Obama appearing on his show. "We keep going to each other on the set, 'Hey, it did happen right? We did Slow Jamming with the President of the United States?' What happened is they called us, the White House called us because we did

When pressed by Lauer about whether his praise for Obama constitutes a similar endorsement to the one Powell gave him in 2008, Colin Powell indicated that he has not made that decision yet. “Oh, (Obama) knows better,’’ Powell said. “He knows that I always keep my powder dry, as they say in the military. I feel as a private citizen I will

This RNC web video criticizes the Obama campaign's response to Cory Booker's comments on private equity.

This ad from Priorities USA Action shows clips of prominent Republicans and GOP presidential candidates criticiizing Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital.

"Bain Capital was a very successful business. They got a good return for their investors. That is what they were supposed to do," Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said on MSNBC this morning.

Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman joins Jennifer Granholm on Current TV's "The War Room" to discuss candidate Mitt Romney. Krugman says, in spite of his protestations, Romney’s business career is fair game. “Yes, he made a lot of money. He made a lot of money in ways that were often not good for workers.”

Ben LaBolt, an Obama campaign spokesman, can't answer questions about why President Obama will take money from private equity firms while at the same time bash Mitt Romney for his association with Bain Capital. Key parts of the segment are transcribed below. Anderson Cooper, CNN: Ben, how can President Obama attack Mitt Romney on hi

A teacher is now suspended with pay after audio was found of her yelling at a student for criticizing President Obama. It all began in the classroom when the topic of the day was a discussion regarding GOP co

Ed Schultz, MSNBC: Wait a minute. Did she ever put down on an application that she was Native American? I mean, it's just a fair question. And if she did, so what? It was years ago, or whatever. But what they're trying to do is they're trying to paint her out to be someone who is not credible, not telling the truth, hiding something, maybe took

Chris Matthews and his panelists discuss Cory Booker's comments.

The panel discusses lawsuits brought against the rule mandating religious organizations pay for contraception for their employees.

Laura Ingraham and Bill O'Reilly discuss the NATO protests in Chicago.

Ed Schultz discusses Cory Booker's comments about the Obama Campaign's ads.