CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Cutting is always attractive in the abstract but in the details it rarely is because there are constituencies who get affected if you have cuts. But the cynicism of the campaign of this administration is astonishing. The assumption is that somehow at every stage of the expansion of the liberal federal government we have reached

"As far as I'm concerned, she was an uninvited guest. Now what I mean by that is, you have to give the consumer, the viewer, the ultimate respect. They have tuned in to watch movie stars, to watch movies. And all of a sudden, politics is thrown at them," television personality Donny Deutsch said about First Lady Michelle Obama delivering the Best P

Adam Carolla opines on the Academy Awards and host Seth MacFarlane.

"While many Republicans have been praising the sequester as a viable path forward, Democrats recognize this mindless policy for the danger it is. I urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, Mr. Speaker, to recognize the sequester's consequences and to work with Democrats to find an alternative, or if that can't be done, to abandon this rec

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney faces questions about reports that Organizing for Action (OFA), the outside group supporting Obama's agenda, will offer major donors access to the president. Eventually, Carney leaves the podium while still receiving questions. Q One on a quick subject that has not come up yet. The New Y

RUSH LIMBAUGH: You know, a lot of people are saying that Michelle Obama hijacked the Academy Awards last night. That shock surprise being introduced at the end of the show by Jack Nicholson to announce the best movie of the year. I think they had to throw her a crumb. I think they had to throw the Obamas a crumb because I think, in truth, folks,

"Is the White House going against a campaign promise and selling access to the president?" MSNBC's Tamron Hall asked on Monday's broadcast of her daily afternoon show. "The New York Times is reporting that this weekend, 'Obama's b

RUSH LIMBAUGH: I've been in the recording studio with Seth, and I don't care what you think of him: The man is profoundly, supremely talented. Now, there are a lot of characterizations about how he uses it and what direction he takes it, but there's no denying his talent, and he's a profoundly hard worker. I sent him an attaboy note yesterday morni

Pres. Obama asks that the Press be cleared out so that he can answer questions from Governors at the White House (February 25, 2013).

CHUCK TODD: Speaking of the blame game, another example of how the sequester fight has been reduced to rhetoric and posturing. The central argument over the weekend was over what a political reporter, The Washington Post's Bob Woodward, wrote on Friday night. Woodward, who wrote a book about the 2011 debt ceiling standoff, argued in an op-ed

House Republicans urge President Obama to "stop campaigning" and playing politics over the sequester.

PATRICK LEAHY: You know, ever since the 1960s, we found one stumbling block or one impediment after another. I think it's time that we start sitting down and talking about relationships between our two countries, relationships that reflect the realities of today, not the past history, sometimes the imagined history, of the '60s and the '70s. I t

HOWARD KURTZ, CNN: Bill Plante, you have been patrolling that building since Ronald Reagan. Does the White House press look self-involved and whiny, as I said earlier, complaining about this Tiger incident? BILL PLANTE, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR CBS NEWS: We have gotten used to being called whiny lap dogs. I've heard it for 30 years. But thi

"There are always going to be areas where we have some genuine disagreement, here in Washington and in your respective states.  But there are more areas where we can do a lot more cooperating than I think we've seen over the last several years.  To do that, though, this town has to get past its obsession with focusing on the next election instead

"They are no longer worried, I think, about our economy being overwhelmed either by Europe writ large, the EU, or China somehow swallowing up every bit of innovation that exists in the world. They're no longer, I think, worried about our economy being overwhelmed beyond our shores. But, and I don't think... there is very little doubt in any circles

FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA: Welcome to the White House everyone. I am so honored to help introduce this year’s nominees for Best Picture and to help celebrate the movies that lift our spirits, broaden our minds and transport us to places we have never imagined. This has been an exciting year for movies, and I want to congratulate all the nomine