CHRIS MATTHEWS: I have never seen a candidate for national office, certainly not a presidential candidate, as angry as Ted Cruz. He's angry at the Democrats; angry at the Republicans; angry even at the human tendency to try to meet sometimes in the middle. To him, the goal is to head as far right as possible, stand there, then oppose anyone and eve

GEORGE WILL: Another sign that the American people aren't stupid is they've more often than not produced divided government. Imagine today if Republicans didn't control the gavels in one of the houses of Congress. Nothing would be done about the IRS. Now, the IRS is the most intrusive and potentially punitive institution of the federal governme

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: "The main point I have for everyone watching right now is, you don't punish me by not signing up for health care, you're punishing yourself or your family if in fact there's affordable health care to be had and subsidies and tax credits that allow you to have the peace of mind and security and regular check-ups and preventat

ED HENRY: The president was dismissive when Mitt Romney, in the last campaign, said Russia was our number one geopolitical foe. Any regrets about that? JAY CARNEY: No, because you have a situation where Russia is violating international law because a country that Moscow -- a government that Moscow supported was rejected by the vast majority of t

LT. COL. RALPH PETERS: Putin establishes facts on the ground. Look, the vote in the Crimean parliament today, begging to be allowed to join Russia -- it's a done deal. The plebiscite coming up in less than two weeks is a done deal. Crimea now belongs to Russia. As I've said on FOX before, the only remaining question is how much more of Ukraine Puti

BARACK OBAMA: I am absolutely confident that you will see millions of people benefit from this law. It doesn't mean that at some point there won't be some additional problems, or improvements that we can make. At this point, I think actually it is working the way it should, what we need to do is after the first year, we evaluate what the pool looks

SEN. TED CRUZ: There are a lot of D.C. consultants who say there’s a choice for Republicans to make: We can either choose to keep our head down, to not rock the boat, to not stand for anything, or we can stand for principle.They say if you stand for principle you lose elections. The way to do it — the smart way, the Washington way — is don’

Remarks by Donald Trump, Chairman and President, The Trump Organization. Recorded on 6 March at CPAC 2014 in DC.

"We have long thought and said this president is a smart man; it may be time to revisit that assumption. Or at least to make a distinction between being book smart and being truly wise," Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-Louisiana) said at CPAC on Thursday. "I spent a lot of 2012 going around the country saying that President Obama was the most liberal and m

The Honorable Paul Ryan, Chairman, Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives, speaking at CPAC 2014 on 6 March 2014 in Washington, DC.

Gov. Chris Christie speaks to the CPAC crowd about the media and issues facing the Republican party. "Leadership is getting in and getting something done and making government work. Leadership is not about standing on the sidelines and spit balling. And that is what we see all across Washington, but that’s not what we see in the states," Chri

The Honorable Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator (R-FL) speaking at CPAC 2014 on 6 March 2014 in Washington, DC. "America must be involved in leading the world. Not in dictating. Americans have never wanted the role of telling other people what to do," Rubio said.

Mark Levin accepts the inaugural “Andrew Breitbart Defender of the First Amendment Award" at CPAC on Thursday.

Bret Baier hosts Jonah Goldberg, Kirsten Powers, and Charles Krauthammer to discuss the Senate's vote to reject an Obama Justice Dept. nominee.

The Honorable Mike Lee, U.S. Senator (R-UT) speaking at CPAC 2014 on 6 March 2014 in Washington, DC.

John Bolton, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, speaking at CPAC 2014 on 6 March 2014 in Washington, DC.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, Senate Republican Leader, speaking at CPAC 2014 on 6 March 2014.

RCP's late-night comedy roundup, Up Late.

Russia’s English language news network RT suffered a stunning blow this week when an American anchor upset with Putin's Ukraine policy resigned in protest live on-air. This anchor, Liz Wahl, joins Lawrence O'Donnell to explain why she quit.

Bill O'Reilly, Kirsten Powers and Kate Obenshain debate the politics of the crisis in Ukraine.

ABC News: President Obama has signed an executive order today imposing sanctions on individuals he said violate Ukrainian sovereignty or are "stealing the assets" of the Ukrainian people. Obama told reporters at a White House briefing the sanctions were meant to "impose a cost" on Russia's action in Crimea.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Now, I want to be clear about this because sometimes in our debates with our friends on the other side of the political spectrum, this may not be clear, so let me just repeat it once again, as Americans, we understand that some folks are going to earn more than others. We don’t resent success; we are thrilled with the opportuniti

Sam Seder and Dan Dicker join Chris Hayes to discuss the idea circulating around conservative circles that America should start to challenge Russia as an energy exporter to Europe.