MARK LEVIN: I have a question for you, Harry Reid. I have a question for you, President Obama. Our entitlements, unfunded liabilities are over 90 trillion dollars, now what are you going to do about it? Where's your proposal? Our fiscal operating deficit is over 16 an a half trillion dollars, now what are you going to do about it? You're not going

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Well, it's another demonstration of the White House arm's length relationship with the truth. Benghazi was a spontaneous riot, a week later the president says, 'well, we are not really sure.' And then the Secretary of State angrily says, 'what difference does it make at this point?' And everybody considers it a brilliant retort

ED SCHULTZ: President Obama used your material to close a debate at a very crucial time after his first debate was heavily criticized. This is his closing statement. What was going through your mind at that point? SCOTT PROUTY: Oh, it was–it was the last line of the debate and I think I was sitting on the edge of my couch at the time just wait

LARRY KUDLOW, CNBC: I had Paul Ryan on the program last night with his budget. He wants corporate tax reform as a pro-growth measure. Today at the business roundtable, with the CEOs, I ran a panel. You know what they were talking about? Corporate tax reform as the single best pro-growth measure. Are we going get that out of the House? Can you all p

MR. CARNEY: Well, Ed, I think I just answered that question and said that the Secret Service made the decision about its budget and to withdraw personnel from tours. Q Right, and then you said it was -- MR. CARNEY: We had to cancel the tours. It’s our job to cancel the tours. They cannot cancel them so -- because we run

MARA LIASSON, QUESTION: Thank you. You said earlier that Republicans consider this a home run. You called it a tea party victory. JAY CARNEY, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Those are quotes from the fine work of the fourth estate. LIASSON: Yes, I know. I'm assuming you were quoting Republicans, right. But the recent polls have shown that

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, who was announced to be Pope Francis I, appeared on the Vatican balcony to greet onlookers in St. Peter's Square and say a prayer. He is the first pontiff from South America and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium.

SEN. JEFF SESSIONS (R-AL): "Is the Budget Committee of the United States [Senate] really prepared to say we cannot balance the federal budget? If that is so, it is a sad day in America. And I ask my colleagues to think about this, can’t we reach a firm, clear goal that we’re going to balance the budget of the United States in a responsible way

LANNY DAVIS: President Obama knows this. It's a surprised that he hasn't done it earlier. There are two models that worked in this situation. One was Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill cut a deal on Social Security where each one had to alienate their own base. Reagan increased taxes. O'Neill cut benefits. Both of them took heat. They made a deal on Soc

On July 3, 2008 -- the day before Independence Day -- Barack Obama said that adding $4 trillion in debt was irresponsible and "unpatriotic. Obama: The problem is, is that the way Bush has done it over the last eight years is to take out a credit card from the Bank of China in the name of our children, driving up our national debt from $5 trillio

STEPHANIE MILLER (13 March 2013): All right you guys can debate Laura Ingraham orgasm just in honor of me you know being so many spaces above her. [Co-host Lavoie and Ward make whining and moaning sounds] JIM WARD: More to the right. CHRIS LAVOIE: Do me do me. JIM WARD: Not to the left to the right pull my hair. Applause sound effect.

RUTH MARCUS, Washington Post: Look, OFA has made, has retrenched in some important ways. They are going to disclose their donors's exact amounts. They're going to limit corporate donors, but let's be serious: This is not the change from Washington business as usual that the president and his supporters promised us. It is taking the new porous stat

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: One more question about the spending cuts. You’ve been taking a lot of heat for this cancellation of the White House tours. They get– the Secret Service says it’s costs about $74,000 a week. Was canceling them really necessary? PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: You know, I have to say this was not– a decision that went up to

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) made the above remarks at a press conference with Republican leaders following their meeting with President Obama today.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) says that the Ryan budget is "really a crazy budget." She jokes about this being March madness for the budget in terms of insanity and not a fun sort of madness. Rep. Schakowsky says. "(the Ryan Budget) is dead on arrival." Stephanie adds that the entire document is "fictional."

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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Well– I understand. Which is why, at some point, I think I take myself out of this. Right now, what I’m trying to do is create an atmosphere where Democrats and Republicans can go ahead, get together, and try to get something done. And, y– you know– I think what’s important to recognize is that– we’ve already c

MSNBC: The Morning Joe panel -- including Mike Barnicle, former DLC Chair Harold Ford Jr. and NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell -- discusses President Obama's plan to meet with House Republicans in the hopes of striking deals on everything from deficit reduction to gun legislation.

"Believe me, I hear you, you’re the star, absolutely," said Christie. "We can yell and scream at each other, or we can try to answer the questions." "Listen sir, I’m not asking you to leave ... I invited everybody here so I’m going to let everyone stay until we’re done."

Charles Krauthammer, Kirsten Powers, and Steve Hayes discuss the long- and short-term threats facing the U.S. in light of the congressional Global Threat Assessment Hearing.

Rachel Maddow speaks with Rep. Elizabeth Etsy, Democrat of Connecticut, who represents Newtown about the gap between the American people's near-unanimous support for universal background checks for gun buyers and the unanimous GOP rejection of that policy.

Chris Matthew discusses Paul Ryan's budget proposal with Ezra Klein and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz.

Bill O'Reilly lists wasteful government spending.