"When I was the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) both in 2008 and in 2010 what we advised members, especially those in the toughest elections was to spend time in their districts talking to their constituents. You're not going to find your constituents in Charlotte, North Carolina and so, you should be spending your t

CHRIS MATTHEWS: You know, one other concern here, Ezra, a friend of mine, who is a fellow Roman Catholic said he does want to be the second Roger Taney. Roger Taney, of course, was a Roman Catholic who upheld the Fugitive Slave Law back before the Civil War and was villainized throughout history because of that. That he doesn't want to do somet

"The individual mandate is the greatest threat against the relationship between the individual in this country and the government we've faced since segregation. And I want to be very clear about that because we cannot have government telling us what to do and pushing us around this way so it is crucial that that provision of the statute to be stric

Congressman Paul (R-TX) discussed tomorrow’s health care decision on Your World, saying that the whole situation is a mess and will just become messier if the law is repealed. “What I always say is just let people opt out,” he said. “The patient should dictate everything, should pick and choose and spend the money and negotiate, but they

Q The National Rifle Association is urging members of Congress to vote to hold the Attorney General in contempt because they say Fast and Furious is part of the Obama administration's anti-gun agenda. Do you have response to that? MR. CARNEY: I’m not going to speculate about the outcome of a vote that we still hope doesn’t happen becaus

"So far, Attorney General Holder is doing exactly what he ought to do, and that is run his office the way he was sworn to run it, and not allow himself to be bullied into doing things that could violate the law and destroy the credibility of the judicial system," Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) said on MSNBC's "Daily Rundown" with host Chuck Todd. (h/

"My belief is that nobody should utter the words 'fast and furious' or comment in any way on this story until they've read the facts as laid out in this article because they will change their minds, including Democrats and liberals -- a lmost everything they thin

YouTube description: Two women discussing why "Margie" looks so good. It's because Margie is on food stamps.

White House press secretary Jay Carney says the White House has been 'very cooperative' with the House investigation into the 'Fast & Furious' operation, and that the upcoming contempt vote on Attorney General Eric Holder is about politics. (June 27)

"[Pat] Tillman has become such a complicated symbol of sort of Rorschached that you can almost take anything you want in this great American who turns down of millions of dollars to go fight for his country and then he's like, 'Wait a minute. I don't like Afghanistan. I don't believe in the mission we're fighting for. But wait a minute, I'm going t

"My grandpop used to say — from Scranton — he said, Joey, the guy in Dunmore, the next town over, when the guy in Dunmore is out of work it's an economic slowdown. When your brother in law is out of work it's a recession. When you're out of work it's a depression. It's a depression for millions and millions of Americans," Vice President Joe Bid

QUESTION FROM NBC NEWS: "Why on the eve of the Supreme Court announcing its ruling on this has the administration failed to convince the American people that this is a good thing?" JAY CARNEY, WH: "Well, Kristen, that is a great question. I think we've discussed this on a number of occasions over the months and years. There was excellent reporti

The role of money in politics isn't the boon for politicians that one might expect, says Fmr. Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.). Time spent fundraising is time not spent serving constituents, and it wears on officeholders. While politicians enter the field with "high minded notions of changing the world," raising the money to serve becomes an extra

Laura Ingraham discusses the Obama administration's response to the Supreme Court ruling on Arizona's immigration law.

Chris Matthews discusses recent polling on the presidential race.

Lawrence O'Donnell disputes the presence of an individual mandate in President Obama's health care reform law. He says it is watered down to "almost nothing."

“In my review — you know, I come from a football background,” suspended Politico writer Joe Williams said on Current TV's Bill Press show. “My review of the tapes, when we were looking at the game film — to me and my personal opinion at this point — those two words were the ones that set people off. You know, ‘white folks,’ ‘Mitt