White House Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Wednesday that he was not familiar with the murder of Christopher Lane. Earnest went on to defend the president's comments about Trayvon Martin case earlier this year. "He expressed his concerns about the impact of violence in communities all across the country, and he talked about the numb

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: This is the definition of how to conduct a stonewall. For all the weeks after Benghazi -- remember, weeks that took us past election day -- all administration answers to all questions about the Benghazi fiasco were, "Well, we can't talk. It's under the investigation. We're waiting for the ARB." Then you get the ARB report, and

CHRIS MATTHEWS: It seems to me there's a very interesting, compelling continuing effort to delegitimize this president. Of course, people on the right say he's a disaster -- they love to make that case -- which he's clearly not historically. Look what he's already accomplished in terms of health care and other issues and getting the bad guys and st

TAPPER: As of today, it's official, the Obama administration is holding no one responsible for what happened before the deadly attacks on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya. Last fall, it was only a matter of days after those four Americans were killed in Benghazi before evidence started appearing indicating that State Department officials paid i

“A sort of neo-Confederate thread runs through the pro-gun movement and the NRA movement,” Reid says. Even in blue states where the public is in favor of stricter gun laws, “the NRA will come in – helicopter in – and undo them.”

Tom Bevan asks if journalists are looking at the wrong issues when examining the background of our elected officials.

STEVE DOOCY, FNC: So we were talking about how John Kerry gave them all the high sign, come on back to work. We’re going to reassign you, but you did nothing wrong. These people were scapegoats, weren't they? VICTORIA TOENSING: Four framed employees, I call them. They were put on administrative leave, if you remember, as a result of the ARB r

BILL O'REILLY: Just look at Chicago. The violence there could be stopped by flooding the zone with police on literally every corner of dangerous neighborhoods. But if the city did that, you would hear the howls of indignation from the racial hustlers who would rather see kids die than admit there is an acute social and criminal problem in many poo

Rachel Maddow points out that while New Jersey Governor Chris Christie may have a closer relationship with Newark Mayor Cory Booker, and may prefer the benefits of association with Booker for his own popularity, in the New Jersey Senate race he's forced to support the Republican candidate running against Booker.