Krauthammer: Obama Only Left Out "Pestilence, Earthquake, Brimstone And Plague" In Sequester WarningCHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Well, they know that they really overshot it. It was the president himself. He could have had surrogates out there. But you know, the only thing left out of his litany of catastrophe was pestilence, earthquake, brimstone and plague. I mean it’s actually hilarious that he goes through all of this. And now all of the sudden, ha
Michael Hastings: "There Are People Waiting For Woodward To Die So They Can Dish Stuff On Him"Buzzfeed and Current TV contributor Michael Hastings joins Current TV to talk about Bob Woodward’s claims that the White House threatened him and his ongoing criticisms of the Obama administration. Cenk says, “[Woodward's] such a great microcosm of the media in Washington. He went from challenging the government to being like a spokesperson for
Mark Levin On WH "Threat" To Woodward: Obama "Is Not A Nice Guy""We have an imperial president who doesn’t ever want to debate his opposition truthfully about his record or the facts; he’s always demonizing, creating straw men," Mark Levin told Neil Cavuto Thursday afternoon on FOX News. "He is not a nice guy," Levin said about Obama. "Republicans and consultants and candidates keep saying he is a nice g
Coulter: "These Liberal Journalists Are Hothouse Flowers""I think some of these liberal journalists have become hothouse flowers if they consider this intimidation. Give me a break," Ann Coulter said about Bob Woodward's spat with the White House. "I can't believe you got me to talk about the sequester," Coulter said to FOX News host Sean Hannity. "I will say I am going to an end of the world orgy ton
Woodward: WH Didn't Threaten Me, But "It's Not The Way To Operate"BOB WOODWARD: "Obviously [Gene Sperling] didn’t like being challenged on this at all, but you know people have said well, this was a threat or I was saying it was a threat. I haven’t used that language, but it’s not the way to operate in a White House. As you know, when somebody says you're going to regret something, particularly somebody in
Preview: Mitt & Ann Romney Interviewed By Chris WallaceFOX News: In the sneak peek clip, FOX News' Chris Wallace asks the couple what life is like after the election. Mitt Romney compares the experience to riding a roller coaster. He tells Wallace, “We were on a roller coaster, exciting and thrilling, ups and downs. But the ride ends, and then you get off. And it’s not like, ‘Oh, can’t we be on
Pelosi: Republicans Giving Out "Pink Slips"Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi says Republicans are the ones to blame for pink slips scores of people will receive with automatic government spending cuts looming. She says women in particular will feel the sequestration impacts. (Feb. 28)
Carney On Woodward: "We Had A Factual Disagreement That I Think We Stand By"Q On a different topic, at last year’s White House Correspondents Dinner, the President said he values a free press that is not afraid to ask questions, to examine and to criticize. Has he ever spoken to his aides about the tone he’d like them to take, you all to take, when talking to the press? MR. CARNEY: Look, I think the Preside
Maxine Waters: 170 Million Jobs Could Be Lost Due To SequestrationREP. MAXINE WATERS (D-CA): "We don’t need to be having something like sequestration that’s going to cause these jobs losses, over 170 million jobs that could be lost – and so he made it very clear he’s not opposed to cuts but cuts must be done over a long period of time and in a very planned way rather than this blunt cutting that will be d
CNN: Obama "Sullying" Brand By Appointing Big Donors As AmbassadorsCNN reports major Obama campaign donors are candidates for key ambassadorships.
Carney Grilled On Sequester Cuts, Can't Defend Claims About TeachersQ The Education Secretary was here yesterday. He said some things that didn’t prove to be true about the immediacy of pink slips for teachers. He mentioned a specific school district in West Virginia. They’re not sequester-related at all. He made some sort of mild -- suggested that they might not be. They’re clearly not. How conf
Baier: "I Think Bob Woodward Has A Little Bit Of Explaining To Do"BRET BAIER: "I mean, it was kind of a cordial exchange for the most part, and Sperling is actually apologizing for a heated telephone conversation they had earlier in the day and at one point he says, you know, ‘you’ll regret this position.' I'm not saying the White House doesn’t pressure and say, you know, to reporters all the time and put t
Lanny Davis: White House Threatened Me TooWashington Times columnist and Democratic insider Lanny Davis tells WMAL-AM that his editor, John Solomon, "received a phone call from a senior Obama White House official who didn't like some of my columns, even though I'm a supporter of Obama. I couldn't imagine why this call was made." Davis says the Obama aide told Solomon, "that if he continue
Robert Reich: "Let's Just Repeal The Sequester"Robert Reich, former U.S. labor secretary and professor at U.C. Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, tells Current TV’s John Fugelsang why Democrats and Republicans need to cooperate in order to avert the looming sequester. “What Democrats ought to be proposing, and even Republicans ought to be proposing, is to say, ‘Let’s just
Bill O'Reilly Agrees With Jon Stewart On Obama And DronesOn Wednesday, Bill O'Reilly talked about the honesty of President Obama's administration. He cited former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs' comments about drones as an example of how the administration has kept secrets from the public. O'Reilly says that the American people deserve to know "what is being done in their name." O'Re
Robert Gibbs: Boehner Will Lose His Job If He Gives Up On TaxesOn Wednesday, Chris Matthews, Michael Steele, and Robert Gibbs talked about negotiations over the sequester and how President Obama and congressional leaders could reach a budget deal on entitlements and taxes. Robert Gibbs said that Speaker of the House John Boehner would lose his job if he negotiates a grand bargain that includes a tax increas
Chris Hayes: Cancel The Sequester! It's Simple!On Wednesday, Chris Hayes argued that it would be easy for Congress to cancel budget sequestration and maintain current spending levels. However, he said that this would not happen because "deep down, the Republicans want the sequester cuts to happen, but they don't want to take all the blame for doing it."