Former IRS Commissioner Mark Everson: Douglas Shulman ‘does bear responsibility’ in scandal
“More should have been done at the top to find out what was going on.” —Mark Everson watch video
Topic: Tea party
Christmas for the tea party starring John Fugelsang and Santa Claus
“It’s nowhere near wintertime yet, but with all the complications, controversies and kerfuffles that have been plaguing the Obama administration all week, it’s been like Christmas for the tea party.” —John Fugelsang watch video
Richard Socarides on IRS–tea party scandal: ‘This is a disaster’
“A high crime or misdemeanor, as we know from the last time around this track, is whatever the House majority decides it is.” —Michael Tomasky watch video
John Fugelsang asks God to explain John Boehner
“I love it when congressmen with socialized health care warn the rest of us of the evils of socialized health care.” —John Fugelsang watch video
David Sirota decries the ‘hyperpartisan’ blame game in the wake of the Boston bombings
“We now live in a hyperpartisan, hyperpolitical world where the unifying factor in the Republican Party is a hatred of President Obama.” —David Sirota watch video
A Democrat and a Republican play ‘Ask a tea partier’
“The reason why we lost in this last election is because they gave us a moderate.” —Scottie Nell Hughes, on Mitt Romney’s election 2012 loss watch video
What do Hugo Chavez, Mother Teresa and Chris Christie have in common?
“I give the Obama-Christie alliance a 10. And not just because they resemble that number when standing side by side.” —John Fugelsang watch video
‘Let’s just repeal the sequester’: Robert Reich on what Republicans and Democrats should be saying
“The problem right now is jobs. The problem right now is the economy and economic growth.” —Robert Reich watch video
Dick Harpootlian compares the South Carolina GOP congressional primary to ‘midget mud wrestling’
“Whoever the winner is, is going to be an intellectual midget covered in mud, because they are just slicing and dicing each other.” —Dick Harpootlian, on the 15 contenders for the GOP nomination in South Carolina’s first congressional district watch video
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Jim DeMint ‘clearly sees that the tea party is not a growth industry’
“I think he headed for the doors because he thinks that probably, as he said, the only way that he’s going to have a significant impact is through a think tank.” —Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla. watch video
