February 24, 2013 Archives

February 24, 2013 Archives

FNC's Political Insiders On Sequestration: GOP "In Full Surrender Mode"

FNC's political insiders Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen discuss the sequester and the GOP's search for unity and a political message. Fellow insider fmr. Rep. John LeBoutillier (R-NY) is out sick with the flu this week. (via Johnny Dollar) PAT CADDELL: They (Republicans) are

George Will: Sequester Numbers Are Wrong

GEORGE WILL: The $85 billion number itself is the wrong number, that's budget authority. The CBO says, Congressional Budget Office, says actual spending cut would be $44 billion in this fiscal year, that's less congress shoveled out the door ostensibly to help the victims of superstorm Sandy, but actually to get around the appropriations process.

Coburn: "Not Cutting Spending Is Going To Be Disastrous For Our Country"

CHRIS WALLACE: Senator Coburn, is the president exaggerating the impact of these cuts? SEN. TOM COBURN (R-OKLAHOMA): Absolutely. And, you see the typical set up a straw man. Look, the federal government is twice the size it was 11 years ago. We are spending almost $4,000 per person, per year, coming out of the federal government, $12,000. The



Bill Kristol: Political Debate Around Sequester Is "Pathetic"

CHRIS WALLACE, "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" MODERATOR: You know, it's interesting, Bill, a top White House official was so sensitive about the Woodward column that he called me last night and he said, look, it is a complete revisionist history. We accepted this -- the all cuts to the sequestration, just as a way to get the trigger. Nobody expected it to happe

Jindal To Obama: "Stop Campaigning" And Scaring The American People

GOV. BOBBY JINDAL (R-LOUISIANA): My recommendation to the president is it's time to stop campaigning. It is time to actually do the job here in Washington D.C. In our second term, for example, last year, we passed one of the most sweeping educational reform laws in the country, giving real choice to our kids, putting right teachers in the classroom

Romney Chief Strategist Stu Stevens: Media Wasn't In Tank For Obama

Howard Kurtz sits down with Romney campaign chief strategist Stuart Stevens to discuss media bias and the 2012 election. KURTZ: Do you believe today that much of the media is in the tank for Barack Obama? STEVENS: Oh, it's -- it's not a yes or a no question. In the tank, I would say no. So, yes or no question? I would say no.



Gibbs: I Was Told "Not Even To Acknowledge The Drone Program"

“When I went through the process of becoming press secretary, one of the first things they told me was, ‘You’re not even to acknowledge the drone program. You’re not even to discuss that it exists,” former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, now an MSNBC contributor, said to Chris Hayes on his weekend program "Up" on the MSNBC netwo

"Meet The Press" Panel: Sequestration, 2016 & The Papacy

Former Democratic Congressman Harold Ford; Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan; Host of NPR’s Morning Edition, Steve Inskeep; CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo and Jim Cramer take a break from politics and discuss Oscar nominees.

"This Week" Roundtable: Cyberwar, Iran, Syria, The New Financial Cliff

Rep. Mike Rogers, Rep. Eliot Engel, George Will, and Christiane Amanpour.



"Face The Nation" Panel: Are Mental Illness, Violence & Video Games Connected?

Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Penn., Michael Fitzpatrick, Tim Winters, Mary Ellen O'Toole and Chris Ferguson discuss mental illness, gun violence and video games.

"Fox News Sunday" Panel: Sequestration

Bill Kristol, Mara Liasson, Nick Ayers and Evan Bayh discuss the sequester.

"FOX News Sunday" Power Player Of The Week: Dr. Benjamin Carson

"FOX News Sunday" host Chris Wallace interviews Dr. Benjamin Carson.



"State Of The Union" Roundtable: Budget Cut Debate Winners & Losers

Gov. Dan Malloy (D-CT), Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, Gwen Ifill from PBS, and Jackie Calmes of the New York Times consider who will take the blame if budget cuts go forward.

Govs. O'Malley, Brewer, Hickenlooper & McDonnell On Sequester's Impact

In town for a yearly conference, some of the nation's governors discuss the potential consequences of the sequester on the states. Gov. Martin O'Malley, D-Md., Gov. Bob McDonnell, R-Va., Gov. Jan Brewer, R-Ariz., and Gov. John Hickenlooper, R-Colo.

Sen. Leahy: If Border Security Is A Must Before We Move Forward, That's Not Going To Happen

"If you say there must be total security before we can go forward, that's never going to happen. We spent billions and billions of dollars," Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) said on CNN's "State of the Union" today. "I think that this administration, the Obama administration, spent more money on border security than any administration in history.


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