MARTIN BASHIR: The IRS is being used in exactly the same way as they tried to used the president's birth certificate. You see, for Republicans like Darrell Issa, who knows something about arson, the IRS now stands for something inflammatory. Those three letters are now on fire with political corruption and malfeasance, burning hot. Just like that s

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Well, look the president himself in talking about her appearances on the Sunday shows, remember the angry news he gave a few months ago? Don't pick on her, pick on me, she spoke on behalf of the president. And she did. And I do think it is his responsibility. So I don't hold her responsible. She was a dupe. She either was s

Megyn Kelly takes on Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) for challenging the motives of those organizations who were targeted by the IRS "If you didn't come in and ask for this tax break, you wouldn't had a question asked of you,"

QUESTION: The First Lady, at an event last night, was confronted by a protestor who was asking about the executive order for federal contractors, and I'm just wondering if you could explain again why the President hasn't signed the executive order. JAY CARNEY: Well, I did yesterday, so I could point you to what I said yesterday. The President

ED HENRY, FOX NEWS: Okay. Last thing, Susan Rice -- you described her as one of the most qualified, experienced foreign policy experts in America. If that's the case, how did she get the information on Benghazi so wrong five days after the attack? JAY CARNEY, WHITE HOUSE: Ed, I welcome the opportunity to correct the record, especially for so

In an argument with conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, James Carville says he doesn't blame Republicans for wanting to investigate how far the IRS scandal goes, but notes there is no evidence it goes anywhere near the White House.

"I don't think it's an addiction," Krugman said about David Stockman's comment that we've become addicted to debt. "The financial sector has a lot of debt, but I think we need to be a little careful because a lot of that is just complexity -- multiple layers so money gets lent several times." "We actually don't have a problem with government deb

RUSH LIMBAUGH: Forgive me, folks, but I’m being inundated with e-mail from people: “Can you believe Obama? Can you believe Obama appointing Susan Rice?” Yes, entirely, totally. What do you… rein it in, Rush. You’re just back here. Don’t irritate people right off the bat. Wait ’til the second hour to do that. Folks, we’re not

JAMES CARVILLE: "My guess is that he wanted her to be Secretary of State and he felt like she kind of got railroaded there and this is kind of in your face appointment, but he obviously thinks a great deal of Ambassador Rice. Like I say, he wanted her to be Secretary of State. She's not confirmable and it's like a message that he's going to stick b

BILL MAHER: I've been on this lot since 1996 -- through Politically Incorrect, when that was on Comedy Central, then on ABC, then Real Time on HBO. CRAIG FERGUSON, "LATE LATE SHOW" HOST Wow. MAHER: But I've endured. That's gansta. FERGUSON: That's right. You're still here. I'm impressed you still go out and do the standup. Yo

"I think the president’s been struggling to regain the moral authority to lead the nation, and this doesn’t really encourage anyone to reappoint or to promote basically the person who is guilty of misleading us over the Benghazi tragedy," Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday on FOX News. "I can’t imagine, one, that we would be keeping Ambassador Ric

SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX): "Let me say that the fact that the mainstream media and the New York Times is so hysterical about what I’m doing, to me frankly suggests that maybe we are doing something right. Because I tell ya, I ain't here working for the New York Times. I am working every day for 26 million Texans and for conservatives and A

FOX News intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reports that Ambassador Pickering will testify within the next two weeks.

First Lady Michelle Obama threatened to leave a Washington, D.C. fundraiser for the D.C. Federation of Democratic Women after a pro-gay rights heckler interrupted her halfway through her prepared remarks. (audio via

Chuck Todd explains how Obama went from a 41/46 approval rating among independents in April to a 29/59 approval rating today.

MSNBC: Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee called conservative grassroots activists to testify about filing their 501(c)4 applications with the IRS. But no GOP lawmakers asked why the IRS is not complying with the law that states that 501(c)4s must be devoted "exclusively" to social welfare. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell talks to Democra

Bill O'Reilly and Charles Krauthammer discuss.

Steve Hayes, Juan Williams, and Charles Krauthammer discuss the Obama administration's failure to live up to its goal of being the "most transparent" administration ever.

June 4: Rachel Maddow reports on the political cowardice of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who has decided to spend millions of taxpayer dollars on a stand-alone special election to replace former Senator Frank Lautenberg, rather than have that special election happen on the same ballot as his re-election bid. (msnbc.com)