AL HUNT, BLOOMBERG: You have got a very experienced and loyal team - you’ve mentioned some of them - at the White House. And you’ve brought in certainly interesting cabinet members. There are some Democrats - not just Republicans, some Democrats - who worry that it’s too insular. You’ve heard this complaint, that they wish there was some -

NINA TOTENBERG, NPR: I want to say a word about Hillary Clinton. Every time, you see how great her presence has really been, what a successful Secretary of State she’s been, by the fact that any time conservatives can they want to take a knife to her throat. And guess what? She always turns it back on them. She has really emerged into an incredib

Pat Buchanan, Eleanor Clift, Susan Ferrechio and Mort Zuckerman discuss and debate the sequester, Chuck Hagel's nomination hearing, immigration and Egypt.

BILL MAHER: Finally, New Rule, liberals have to stop gloating about Sarah Palin getting dumped by FOX News. Even though it happened less than a day after Bobby Jindal told his fellow Republicans to 'stop being the stupid party.' That's just a coincidence; a wonderful, hilarious coincidence. Yes, it's true, Sarah Palin left FOX News this week. But d

STEVE WYNN: "Hopefully, the president of the United States will get an indication of his dedication to dealing with this in his State of the Union address. We didn't see much in the inaugural speech, but I'm not sure that was the place for it anyway. He's very smart, the president is very smart and all of us, whether we voted for him or didn't vote

On the Friday broadcast of "Real Time" on HBO, host Bill Maher, who came out as a gun owner on last week's program, hosted a panel debate on the merits of gun control. Author Sam Harris appeared on the show to discuss his recent opinion piece on guns and engaged in an one-on-one debate with "Real Time" guest panelist Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, Ne

Karl Rove on the Obama administration's concession to religious groups in ObamaCare contraceptive mandate, rising unemployment and more.

JUDY WOODRUFF, PBS NEWSHOUR: Well, speaking of secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel, who, David, the president wants to be the secretary of defense, hearing yesterday, confirmation hearing before the Senate, pretty rough going. What did you take away from that? DAVID BROOKS: Yes, I thought it was terrible. I thought he did a very poor job. An

GOP: In this week's address, Congresswoman Susan Brooks (R-IN) gives an update on our efforts to get our economy moving again and the importance of having a budget. "Each of the last two years, the Republican-led House has passed a responsible budget that addresses what's driving our debt in order to put our country on a path to prosperity," sh

MSNBC's Ezra Klein makes the case for immigration by laying out the economic benefits if immigration reform gets passed.

White House: In this week’s address, President Obama called on Congress to work together on a balanced approach to reduce our deficit and promote economic growth and job creation. Our businesses created 2.2 million jobs last year, and we just learned that our economy created more jobs over the last few months than economists originally thought.

JARED BERNSTEIN: "In a climate where the private sector isn't back up and running the way we need it to be at, guess what happens? The economy grows more slowly. Government is a significant part of the economy. And if we've learned anything from Europe -- which as you, again, unfortunately suggested we haven't, but if we were going to learn anythin

FOX News host Geraldo Rivera tells Laura Ingraham he is considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey.

Rachel Maddow addresses the disadvantage America is burdened with when its opposition party eschews facts and real-world issues for conspiracy theories and petty partisanship. Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC’s weekend morning show, “Up with Chris Hayes,” talks with Rachel Maddow later in the segment.