CHRIS MATTHEWS: The president is the boss, he sets the ideological course. He puts in charge a chief of staff whose job is to hire, to fire, to make sure people obey the president throughout the government -- IRS, everywhere. A complete span of control. That’s how presidencies work. When you don’t run it that way, you have got to explain wh

WENDELL GOLER, FOX NEWS: On another subject -- can you comment on [Ed] Klein’s book indicating that the President has agreed to support his former Secretary of State in 2016? JAY CARNEY: I confess that I was not aware of that report, but I’ll run out and buy the book or purchase it online. I can assure you the President is not thinking abo

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: "I think that Issa should not be making personal attacks or hurling epithets. Leave that to me. And to Steve. Mara I’m afraid won’t participate. But Steve and I will take care of it. And I think he’s wrong about saying that Carney’s a paid liar. I’ve argued here for months that Carney is majorly underpaid and I think

"What I want to know is how did an election campaign run so well turn into a second term with so many speed bumps?" Chris Matthews asked Jonathan Alter, author of "The Center Holds," on the Monday broadcast of his MSNBC show Hardball. "This is tough because nobody likes to criticize people they know. But why did David Plouffe put together

JULIE PACE, AP: And just on a totally separate topic -- Darrell Issa over the weekend called you a “paid liar” for the administration. I wanted to give you an opportunity to respond to his comment. JAY CARNEY: I hadn’t heard that. That’s amazing. (Laughter.) I’m not going to get into a back and forth with Chairman Issa. I think t

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: This is getting really toxic. Is their best defense stupidity and is it really a defense to say it couldn't have happened because it would have been stupid? There have been a lot of stupid conspiracies in American and world history. The idea that it's dumb because it would have been stupid is nonsensical. It shows you how afrai

FMR. REP. ALLEN WEST (R-FL): "When you have an ambassador, that we now know, makes a call to Mr. [Gregory] Hicks, his deputy, saying 'we're under attack'... the bottom is we did something that is the most heinous thing that could ever happen, we abandoned Americans while they were under attack. You know that’s right up there to ask someone, maybe

REP. JOSE SERRANO (D-NY): This subcommittee has been given an allocation of $16.9 billion for fiscal year 2014, which is almost $3 billion below the current sequester-impacted level. Undoubtedly, this is going to result in massive cuts to the IRS and many other federal agencies. While there are certainly efficiencies that can occur, the spendin

Doug Schoen, former Rep. John LeBoutillier (R-NY) and Pat Caddell (on remote) discuss the and the political impact it will have for President Obama. (via Johnny Dollar) "People think that their ordinary, day-to-day life could be impacted by these scandals in the way that rampant IRS

GERALDO RIVERA: Now they're asking me for a quote about the New Jersey Senate race. I think, first of all, the passing of Frank Lautenberg is something that we all lament, a man who led the way in terms of fighting for gun control, equal rights, and I really appreciated everything. He was a frequent guest on my old CNBC show, I've know him for a d

Chuck Todd says Darrell Issa and other Republicans have "knocked the president frankly off of his second term agenda." CHUCK TODD: Darrell Issa is sort of this guy that cries wolf. Remember, just six weeks ago, Benghazi was going to be the be-all end-all, and the leak of these e-mails, and what he promised and what it was were two di

Former Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs appeared on Monday's broadcast of MSNBC's Morning Joe, where he is now a network contributor, to opine on House Oversight Committee chairman Darrell Issa's handling of the trio of Obama scandals. Gibbs says Republicans are "on the verge of overplaying their hand" which will cause them to "lose intere

In an interview with KARK-TV, Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) says he would vote no if an ObamaCare repeal vote came to the Senate floor. "I think it was the right vote," Pryor said about the health care reform law. "I think it was good for Arkansas. In fact, if you look at what the Republican state legislator did here just a few weeks ago, and that is t

STEPHANOPOULOS: Gwen Ifill, the attorney general has tried to get on top of that this week, describing his -- friends describing a creeping sense of remorse over that targeting of James Rosen. He's met with several journalist organizations over the week on a kind of background basis, which has caused a lot of consternation with some. Is he going t