CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: I think one of the reasons that there is either new warmth or an effort to project warmth is because Obama has abandoned the naive view he had when he came to office that he could remake the Middle East and restart negotiations, and that there was a realistic chance of actually having an agreement, you know. He whom the gods wo

ANDREA MITCHELL: They certainly made a big effort at it. Louise just mentioned that terrible visit two years ago, when the Prime Minister, in the Oval Office, scolded the president to his face. And you saw the expressions. They were really – the White House was really offended by that. It has taken a lot to repair it. Similarly, the Israelis felt

CNN's Wolf Blitzer talks to Rep. Paul Ryan about his balanced budget plan and health care.

REP. STENY HOYER (D-MD): To my friend's budget that cannot possibly be implemented, let me say: Ezra Klein, who might not be your favorite writer, says Ryan's tax reform plan costs more than all his spending cuts combined. That's why I say it can't be implemented. If we were in private, and there was no politics involved, I think my friend would ad

Melissa Block, host of NPR's "All Things Considered": Vice President Biden, welcome to the program. Vice President Joe Biden: It's a delight to be here with you. Block: Let's start with the assault weapons ban that does appear to be dying in the Senate. Is the White House still pushing to have that passed? Do you assume that it's now not goin

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding the Democrats’ failed budget and Obamacare law that grow the government, not the economy: “It took four years to get a budget from the Senate majority. Four long years. Well, as the days go by, it’s become increasingly c

CHUCK TODD, NBC NEWS: Mr. President, I want to follow up a little bit on the peace process. You began your term, your first term, big fanfare, Cairo speech, to talk to the Muslim world, the decision to have a Middle East envoy early, you said you weren't going to let this slip to your second term. We're in your second term with the Middle East peac

President Obama was caught on camera joking that he's happy to "get away" from Congress as he arrived in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. "It's good to get away from Congress," Obama told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they greeted each other on the airport tarmac.

President Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel hold a press conference in Jerusalem on March 20, 2013.

In an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, House Speaker John Boehner responded to President Obama telling Israeli PM Netanyahu that it's "good to get away from Congress." "So much for the charm offensive," Boehner told Tapper. "I rather be heckled than ignored, or as I like to say, you only tease the ones you love," Boehner added.

President Barack Obama has predicted that Louisville, Indiana, Ohio State and Florida will reach the Final Four in this year's NCAA tournament. Obama filled out brackets for both the men's and women's tournaments Tuesday in an exclusive interview with ESPN.

"I certainly hope so," Dr. Benjamin Carson said in response to Rush Limbaugh's comment that Democrats are scared to death of him.

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: That study tells me that the sun rises in the east. Everybody knows that MSNBC is all opinion. Even the slogan 'Lean Forward' is just a way of saying lean left. Those short ads they do just announce that they’re basically an ideological entity. And I think what they have on CNN and FOX is basically right, roughly half news an

Maddow looks at how she believes the GOP is failing to reach out to new (especially Latino) voters.

O'Reilly asks, with regard to Cyprus, whether the U.S. government will attempt to tax savings. 

Rudy Giuliani is now  endorsing the product “LifeLock.” O’Donnell introduced him as “the newest entry in the Republican losing presidential candidate-turned-pitchman group is the Republican politician who tried to seize political ownership of 9/11.”

Jason Riley, Charles Krauthammer & A.B. Stoddard.