February 17, 2013 Archives

February 17, 2013 Archives

Rand Paul: Country Is Ready For A "Libertarian Republican Narrative"

CHRIS WALLACE, "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" MODERATOR: Let me interrupt for a second, because I thought that you were objecting to drone strikes on American citizens on foreign soil as well. Is that not true? SENATOR RAND PAUL (R-KENTUCKY): I'm primarily asking, and the primary question is: Americans on American soil, can the president kill them with a dro

FNC's Political Insiders On Benghazi & More: Obama "Tearing The Country Apart"

Doug Schoen, Pat Caddell and fmr. Rep. John LeBoutillier (R-NY) discuss Benghazi, Hagel & Brennan confirmations, Obama's State of the Union, immigration, spending cuts, the sequestration and more. (via Johnny Dollar) PAT CADDELL on President Obama's statement on Benghazi:

Rove: GOP Needs "Fewer Christine O'Donnells And More Rand Pauls"

KARL ROVE: Look, let's take case of Indiana where we had a candidate, Richard Mourdock, who lost the general election in a state that was comfortably won by Mitt Romney and reelected Republicans up and down the ballot. There are two people responsible for the loss in Indiana race, one of them is Richard Mourdock, who ran an undisciplined campaign,



Dr. Ben Carson On Running For President: "I'll Leave That Up To God"

"What I would like to see more often in this nation is an open and intelligent conversation, not people just casting aspersions at each other. I mean, it’s unbelievable to me the way people act like third graders. And if somebody doesn’t agree with them, they’re this and they’re that and, you know — it comes from both sides. And it’s ju

Will: If Obama Wants A Terrible Secretary Of Defense, He's Got A Right

JON KARL, ABC NEWS: So I want to move on to this dust-up over Chuck Hagel. And, George, the Republicans delayed this. I don't understand what's going on in the Senate, because a lot who voted against having the vote said, no, no, I'll let it happen in two weeks. Are the Republicans playing a dangerous game here by blocking Hagel and Brennan, Defens

Paul Ryan On Immigration, Sequester, The Budget, Karl Rove & 2016

JON KARL, ABC NEWS: OK, before you go you know I have to ask you about your future. There was an article in Politico by my friends Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei about your political future saying you are less inclined to run for president. And this quote caught my eye "Paul will never say he's not running for president because the constant speculatio



Woodward: Democratic Senators Calling WH To See If Hagel Is Going To Withdraw

BOB WOODWARD: I think there's another dimension here, and that is, what are Democratic senators really thinking about the Hagel nomination? I understand some of them have actually called the White House and said, 'Is Hagel going to withdraw? Would he consider withdrawing?' The answer is an emphatic no. (FOX News Sunday, February 17, 2013)

McCain: "Hagel Will Probably Have The Votes Necessary To Be Confirmed"

"I'm confident that Sen. Hagel will probably have the votes necessary to be confirmed as secretary of defense," Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) conceded on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday morning.

Bob Woodward: Sequester Was Obama's Idea

CHRIS WALLACE, "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST: Bob, as the man who literally wrote the book about the budget battle, put this to rest. Whose idea was the sequester, and did you ever think that we'd actually get to this point? BOB WOODWARD: First, it was the White House. It was Obama and Jack Lew and Rob Nabors who went to the Democratic Leader in the S



"This Week" Roundtable: Second Term Agenda, Republican Reboot

George Will, Rep. Joaquín Castro, Newt Gingrich, Ruth Marcus, and Stuart Stevens.

"Face The Nation" Roundtable: Is The Sequester Inevitable?

Amy Walter, Michael Gerson and John Dickerson offer their take on whether the automatic spending cuts will set in on March 1, and if so - what happens then?

"Fox News Sunday" Panel On The Sequester

Karl Rove, Bob Woodward, Kim Strassel and Juan Williams discuss how to solve the sequestration problem.



"State Of The Union" Panel: Obama Second Term Wish List, Guns

Steven LaTourette, Ron Klain, Jeff Zeleny and Dana Bash discuss gun violence in movies, gridlock in Congress and President Obama's priorities for his second term.

"Meet The Press" Panel: Immigration Reform, Hagel Confirmation

Lt. Governor of California Gavin Newsom; Founder and Chair of Good 360, Carly Fiorina; Republican strategist Alex Castellanos; and MSNBC’s Chris Matthews.

McDonough: Obama Has "Not Given Up" On Averting Sequester

(CBS News) As the March 1 deadline nears when dramatic, across-the-board "sequester" cuts are set to automatically trigger, President Obama has "not given up on" passing an alternative that would not be so potentially devastating to the U.S. economy, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said today on "Face the Nation."

Schumer On WH's Immigration Bill Leak: "Bipartisan Agreement" The Only Solution

"It is obvious that if a Democrat, the president or anyone else, puts out what they want on their own, it's going to be different than when you have a bipartisan agreement. But the only way we're going to get something done is with a bipartisan agreement," Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on CNN's "State of the Union" today.


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