DAVID BROOKS: I have asked a bunch of business leaders, you know, how much -- over the past five years, what government actions have really affected a concrete decision you have made? And you get answers all over the lot. There is no consensus at all on this question. The number one answer I get is uncertainty. I can't plan because health care c

Rich Lowry, Kirsten Powers, Judith Miller and Jim Pinkerton discuss if the media is abandoning their doom and gloom theme.

On his HBO show "Real Time" this Friday host Bill Maher used the story of former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Illinois) to make a larger point that Congress is corrupt. Maher, who said Jackson's fatal move was cashing in too soon, noted 80% of former Congresspeople who retired between 1998 and 2011 became lobbyists. Maher pointed to a case

On the Friday night broadcast of his HBO program "Real Time" host Bill Maher opined on Senator Rand Paul's filibuster that drew attention to the use of drones and gave his approval of U.S. drones being used in the Middle East to target suspected terrorists. "That's not to say that all drone attacks are bad," Maher said to his panel. Some people

Eleanor Clift, Mort Zuckerman, Susan Ferrechio and Ryan Grim debate.

BLITZER: This is a real battle that is brewing on John McCain and his friend, the other side, Senator Rand Paul and some others, on the other side. One congressman from Michigan, Justin Amash, tweeted Senator McCain called senator Paul, senator Ted Cruz and be wacko birds, bravo, senator. You got us. Did you come up with that at hash tag dinner wit

LAURA INGRAHAM: Filibuster envy. That is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. It's been fascinating to see the reaction to Sen. Rand Paul's filibuster of the John Brennan nomination. With a principled, persuasive argument against the use of drones on American soil, he drew support from people across the political spectrum, from Jon St

PAUL KRUGMAN: If we had created public sector jobs in line with population growth, which is what we normally do, it's even what we did under George Bush, but we hadn't been doing it this time because of this austerity obsession, then we'd have about a million and a half more public sector workers than we have right now. We'd have well over 2 millio

GOP: In anticipation of next week's unveiling of Senate Democrats' first budget in four years, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) cautions that the tax gimmicks and new spending that will be included in their budget will grow the government, not our economy. In the Weekly Republican Address, Sen. Sessions, the ranking member of the Senate Budget

White House: In his weekly address, President Obama said that businesses have created jobs every month for three years straight – nearly 6.4 million altogether, and have added 246,000 new jobs in February. We must keep this momentum going, and that’s why the President recently met with Republican leaders to discuss how we can replace the harmf

Florida State Sen. Audrey Gibson (D-Jacksonville) is proposing a bill that would not require Floridians to take an anger management course to purchase bullets.

CHRIS MATTHEWS: Let me finish tonight with this. I really like this new poll that Quinnipiac just did. Why? Because it shows how exciting politics in this country can be. Check this number: Hillary Clinton, 45%; Chris Christie, 37%. Study that number. Eight points isn’t much to separate a woman who everyone around me says is unbeatable f

The Shark Tank reports: Senator Ted Cruz, who is of Cuban descent, attended the annual Cuba-Democracy PAC luncheon in Miami along with Senator Marco Rubio and gave one of the most profound smack-downs of Fidel Castro’s reign-of-terror that I hav

Charles Krauthammer, Steve Hayes and Chuck Lane discuss North Korea and this week's winners and losers.