SEAN HANNITY, HOST: Let me ask you, you actually said something that caught my attention. Before we get to Obama -- 'I voted for him the first time around I had hoped because he was black, shame on me.' What did you mean by that, sir? HARRY ALFORD, NATIONAL BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: We were in such hopes that finally, that black leader came aro

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Well, he did it again. He went back to the corporate jet loophole. Well, I did the math on the way over. If you collected for the hundred years, it will not cover a month of Obama spending, the corporate jet loophole. If you collect it for a century it is less than what Obama spends in a month. It's a joke, it's a way of making

Sean Hannity debates Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) over the sequester and cuts in growth of discretionary spending.

BILL O'REILLY, HOST: There comes Jack Nicholson, who looked a little unsteady. On Monday nights, that happens to Jack occasionally. And he throws it to Michelle Obama. Now, last night we said we have nothing against the First Lady, in fact, I like her and I think she has done good work in the public service with the weight and the exercise and all

PRESIDENT OBAMA: "Now, lately, some people have been saying, well, maybe we'll just give the President some flexibility. He could make the cuts the way he wants and that way it won't be as damaging. The problem is when you're cutting $85 billion in seven months, which represents over a 10-percent cut in the defense budget in seven months, there's

"They haven't been marginalized by the system, they passed through it," an expert said.

"Congress will not hold anyone to blame. Lyndon Johnson's probably rotting in hell right now because of the Vietnam War, and he probably needs to move over for Dick Cheney," Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) told a libertarian group in Raleigh, North Carolina on Saturday.

"People have sometimes wondered about why our Supreme Court allows one group or another to march in a parade even though it's the most provocative thing in the world and they carry signs that are an insult to one group or another," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in Berlin. "The reason is, that's freedom, freedom of speech. In American y

House GOP: At a press conference with Republican leaders today, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) called on the president to stop using the military as a campaign prop to demand more tax hikes and start working with his own Democratic-controlled Senate to act on a credible plan to avert his sequester. "We have moved a bill in the House twice," B

"The Republicans say we're kicking the can down the road. I don't think they're kicking the can down the road, I think they're nudging the potato across the table with their nose. There's not much that's being accomplished by what they are doing. This is completely irresponsible. It's mindless. Most people don't even know what the word sequester me

SEN. RAND PAUL (R-KENTUCKY): If we can't cut this little bit about and this really is a cut in the rate of increase, I worry will we ever move forward? Are we destined for bankruptcy in this country if we can't cut the rate of growth? Because that's what we're talking about. Over ten years, the $1.2 trillion in "cuts" actually allows the budget to

"Unless Congress acts by Friday, the cuts will take effect with dangerous results across the country and in the Fifth District of Maryland, my district," Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said on the House floor Tuesday. "This will undermine their ability to serve our nation and keep Americans safe. Federal defense contracts could be cancele

At a Budget Committee hearing today, Ranking Member Sessions announced the results of a new Government Accountability Office report on the long-term deficit impact of the President's health law. The results are shocking: over the next 75 years, the law will add $6.2 trillion to the deficit in present value terms—not including the interest costs a

House Republican Conference: Instead of urging Senate Democrats to pass a smarter replacement for his sequester, President Obama is traveling everywhere but to the Senate. Just a few days before the President's devastating cuts go into effect, Washington Democrats refuse to pass a serious plan to avert them.

(CBS News) EL PASO, Texas -- Coach Peter Morales of the Coronado High School Thunderbirds in El Paso, Texas, makes no qualms about it: he has a favorite on this team. Team manager Mitchell Marcus has a developmental disabili

O'Reilly gives his take on what he sees as a shifting America. He says that Rush Limbaugh is not wrong about liberals controlling the media and the education system. He also notes that Americans' attitudes on some social issues, including marijuana legalization and gary marriage, are shifting. He believes that a strong, conservative leader can t

The "Morning Joe" panel discusses the sequestration cuts.

CHRIS MATTHEWS (@10:30 in clip): "If you're watching, Madam Secretary, all three of us have brilliant ideas. All of us have great ideas. And I especially put myself in that group with Joan [Walsh] and David [Corn]. We know how to do this. We'll get you in there." (Hardball, February 25, 2013)

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) tells FOX News if House Speaker John Boehner "caves" and agrees to tax revenues to avoid the sequester, he will lose his speakership. "I don't quite honestly believe that Speaker Boehner would be speaker if that happens. I think he would lose his speakership," Johnson said in a report that aired on Monday's broadca

Ezra Klein and his panelists discuss the sequester that will go into effect on Friday.

RACHEL MADDOW: Why were you told that you can't talk about it? Why were you told you can't acknowledge the existence of the program? ROBERT GIBBS: Well, part of this program is highly classified, highly top secret and quite frankly, this program has existed for many years and very few, if any have ever publicly acknowledged that. That started --

Maddow talks about the fiscal cliff, the sequester, and why the country's political leaders are creating budget crises.

The panel looks at a report that says Organizing For America is giving large donors quarterly meetings with President Obama. Jeremy Peters of The New York Times says that this story could be Republicans' "Lincoln Bedroom," referencing a scandal from the Clinton Administration.