CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: I'm not sure he's going to give a speech about ideas or programs. In fact, if the inaugural address was sort of this extraordinarily ideological address, I think the State of the Union is going to be extremely aggressive and partisan. Obama is still campaigning, he hasn't stopped. Part one was to re-win the presidency, which he

"With respect to Chuck Hagel and - and Brennan, at Defense and C.I.A. - just in the last week, their performance in front of the committees that have to confirm them has been pretty poor. And that's, you know, not my judgment. That's the judgment, as well, of senators on both sides of the aisle. My guess is, if you look at what the President's moti

SEN. TOM HARKIN (D-IOWA): When you hear the Republicans talk, Ed, about we got to cut this, we've got to cut that, we got to cut this, it's almost like they're saying we're poor; the United States, we're poor, we're broke. The fact is, Ed, we're the richest nation in the history of the world, we are the richest nation today. We have the highest per

DR. BENJAMIN CARSON: There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everybody go along to get along, but that's not going to be very helpful for us in the long run, in terms of solving our problems. And somebody has to be courageous enough to actually stand up to, you know, the bullies. ### DR. CARSON: One of the thi

LARRY KUDLOW, CNBC: How about the scriptural referral to the flat tax, which I personally loved as a supply-sider? 10% sounds pretty good to me. DR. BENJAMIN CARSON: Well, as I said, it doesn't necessarily have to be 10, we can vary the rate according to what we need. But here's the key, with the tithing system that God ordained everybody pay in

Karl Rove and Joe Trippi share their expectations of Tuesday's State of the Union address.

QUESTION: Jay, a question about House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on one of the Sunday broadcasts speaking specifically about the risk of cuts, referring to the sequester on the future of the United States -- she was talking about education and scientific research.

"You get an urgent call from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and he says to you it is vital to Israel’s security that you go on national television that night and perform oral sex on a donkey. Would you do that for Israel?" SNL's Sen. John McCain asks Chuck Hagel. The skit was produced at dress rehearsal for this week's" Saturday Night Live,

"We have a problem -- where we shop, where we pray, where our children go to school," fmr. Rep. Gabby Giffords says in a new TV ad pushing for gun control laws in Congress. "But there are solutions we can agree on, even gun owners like us. Take it from me: Congress must act. Let's get this done." The ad will air in DC as well as in cities repres

The entire CNN special "Jake Tapper Reports: An American Hero. The Uncommon Valor of Clint Romesha."

"All of a sudden, the White House is trying to say 'we're not pivoting, we've always been focused on the economy,' but let's be realistic, the last six weeks have been about every issue other than the economy," Chuck Todd said on his MSNBC show "Daily Rundown" today.

Karl Rove continues to explain why his political action committee is not anti-Tea Party and will help elect the most electable conservative candidate. Rove also explains why he, as an adviser to former President George W. Bush, supported Arlen Specter over Pat Toomey in 2004. Rove says if Bush came out against Specter it would have hurt the adminis

“To be very blunt with you, we’re counting on all of you, the legitimate news media to cover these discussions because the truth is that times have changed,” Vice President Joe Biden said at a press conference on gun safety in Philadelphia.