"In this bill we will nullify anything the president does that smacks of legislation."

"And there are several of the executive orders that appear as if he’s writing new law. That cannot happen.... I’m afraid that President...

Obama resorts to the "if there’s even one life that can be saved" rhetoric.

"If there is even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if there’s even one life that can be saved, we’ve got an obligation to t...

"The president is going to act... Executive order, executive action that can be taken; we haven't decided what that is yet."

"But we're compiling it all with the help of the attorney general and all the rest of the cabinet members as well as legislative ac...

Yes, yes, I know, fiscal cliff jumped back from.

We'd gone off, we were told yesterday, but somehow, from mid-air, we scrambled back. We were Wile E. Coyote out off the cliff, suspended...

On "Meet the Press" today, Obama mostly came across as the moderate, pragmatic politician I like.

Now, I'm not a sucker for mere posing, and in fact, I get suspicious when I hear what are simply assertions of pragmatism : But genera...

Cliff jumpers.

"A growing bloc of emboldened liberals say they’re not afraid to watch defense spending get gouged and taxes go up on every American if...

"If this was an attempt to make Republicans look unreasonable, then, in almost every conceivable way, it failed spectacularly."

"And scheduling the speech during the GOP debate, even if Boehner had immediately acceded, is the one way the White House could guarant...

"Obama Rolls Out a Jobs Plan That Doesn't Need Congress."

According to The Atlantic: [Yesterday], Obama took a now-familiar path in adopting a program — this time a jobs and infrastructure effort--t...

"I think, frankly, he’s in over his head as to what to do about this economy."

Cantor on Obama.

Satan sandwich!

That's another meme... another phrase that will stick with us as we stumble forward into 2012: A fantastic bit of rhetoric from an enrag...

Mitt Romney opposes the debt-ceiling deal.

He said: While I appreciate the extraordinarily difficult situation President Obama’s lack of leadership has placed Republican Members of Co...

The news media declare a big victory for conservatives... but why? I'm skeptical!

Wall Street Journal: "A Tea Party Triumph: The debt deal is a rare bipartisan victory for the forces of smaller government." New Y...

"There is caution on Capitol Hill about a tentative deal being reached."

"As the mantra here goes, 'nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to.'"

Why should Obama think in terms of what the Supreme Court might say about his power to single-handedly raise the debt ceiling?

Jeffrey Rosen wonders, noting that the Supreme Court would probably not hear the case. And even if the justices did agree to hear it, the co...

Rush Limbaugh: "The Tea Party is putting country before party."

"They can't be bought off with committee assignments or with campaign re-election funds. They can't be bought, and Washington c...

"Whom will the public blame for debtageddon?"

Asks Ezra Klein , with prissily correct grammar and a neologism that reminds us of the recent Armageddon that wasn't: Carmageddon . I...

"The house on Friday passed a debt-limit bill after it was recrafted to appease tea party-allied conservatives..."

"... but President Obama said the plan has 'no chance of becoming law' and instead urged Senate Democrats and Republicans to re...

What Obama is "getting absolutely no sleep" — and he has a secret plan.

Morsels of info... from Valerie Jarrett and William Daley. BLITZER:  So what you're saying is the president did present a plan to the sp...

LIVE now on FoxNews: The latest on the debt ceiling crisis.

Note the time stamp: 9:44 CT. To be fair to Fox News, they did carry the President's latest speech before they went to the potted plant....

"It’s All Over but the Face-Saving?"

Says Nate Silver? The only real difference, instead, is that Mr. Boehner’s bill would require Congress to approve another increase in the de...