"I think in part, the reason independents are so disappointed with the president is that they know that the claim he makes about this all being the fault of his predecessor is either on the one hand false or simply whining by somebody who won't own up to their responsibility," syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer said on FOX News tonight. "T

Nigel Farage MEP, Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on June 13, 2012: "Another one bites the dust. Country number four, Spain, gets bailed out and we all of course know that it won't be the last. Though I wondered over the weekend whether perhaps I was missing something, because when the Spanish pri

CNBC HOST: Donald, you see the OPEC news this morning? Venezuela wants OPEC to stop pumping more, overproducing, they are saying, that, because Saudi Arabia is pumping above the limits it's supposed to be doing to help us out a little bit and Venezuela is complaining and right now you're looking at oil prices at about back around $82. DONALD TRU

"He said, as you know, just a few days ago that the private sector is doing fine, but the incredulity that came screaming back from the American people, I think, has caused him to rethink that, and I think you’re gonna see him change course when he speaks tomorrow, where he will acknowledge that it isn’t going so well, and he’ll be asking for

"It just doesn't feel like vigorous dynamic America. People are fed up," FOX News' Stuart Varney said on "Hannity" last night. "Look, I've lived here for 40 years, I know how America is supposed to feel and it doesn't feel like it's supposed to feel," he said.

Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT) sounds off on Sen. Cornyn (R-TX) calling for the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder. Rep. Welch calls this a totally "politically agenda driven deal." He says that most people aren't paying much attention because "it turned into such a circus."

LAURA INGRAHAM: Is it corruption or incompetence? SEN. JOHN CORNYN (R-TX) @8:12: It’s corruption, in the sense that he’s pursuing a political agenda and not being loyal to his oath to defend and uphold the laws of the United States. LAURA: Do you think Holder is smart? SEN. CORNYN @8:33: I have not been impressed with his intelligence.

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Obama campaign: Some of Mitt Romney's plans for jobs, housing, education, and the auto industry.

White house press secretary Jay Carney says President Obama's speech on the economy tomorrow will be "a campaign speech." QUESTION: On the president's economic speech tomorrow, can you tell us what's new in his speech. Reports so far suggest that it's a lot of same things we've heard before. Why package it this way and will there be

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"i'm worried when the White House and the campaign talks about the progress that is being made, people will take that as a signal that they think that things are fine. And people don’t feel that or believe that," James Carville told ABC News. "They want to be reassured that he understands the depth of the problem in that he has a plan to deal

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"We still have a chance in America to turn this around and get back to economic prosperity. We have a window of opportunity to get through this, but if we lose it, in the next two years, we could have our own debt crisis just like they’re experiencing in Europe, and President Obama is bringing us toward that kind of a moment," Rep. Paul Ryan (R-W

The panel discusses President Obama and the economy.

Current TV's Cenk Uygur explains why Iceland is a perfect example for how bailing out citizens instead of banks can help an economy recover.

"One of the interesting things about this is that as you cite these statistics that say the economy is improving, you almost do political damage to yourself," Obama chief strategist David Axelrod said in a 1994 interview with C-SPAN. "If you stand up and claim great progress, you're only frustrating this alienated middle class more. That was key."

O'Reilly looks at recent economic data and what it means for the economy.

Chris Matthews gives his take on Jeb Bush's recent comments about the Republican Party.

Ezra Klein discusses recent economic data and what it means for economic inequality and opportunity.