"Mr. President, please listen to the overwhelming majority of the American people who believe that deficit reduction must be about shared sacrifice. The wealthiest Americans and the most profitable corporations in this country must pay their fair share. At least 50 percent of any deficit reduction package must come from revenue raised by ending tax breaks for the wealthy and eliminating tax loopholes that benefit large, profitable corporations and Wall Street financial institutions. A sensible deficit reduction package must also include significant cuts to unnecessary and wasteful Pentagon spending."
— -Open Letter from Bernie Sanders to President Obama: Make the Rich Pay Off the Deficit
"According to Sarah Palin’s application…she wants to protect her name, or “mark,” for business and advertising purposes, political elections, entertainment services and for “providing motivational speaking services in the field of politics.” Bristol Palin’s is focused on “providing motivational speaking services in the field of life choices."
— Sarah, Bristol Palin to Get Their Trademarks
"Weiner talked at great length about why he wasn’t going to answer questions on the matter. If that is his stance, fine, but we’d recommend just issuing a written statement saying so. In this type of situation you need to either be in—or be out. Defend yourself and answer all questions—or just issue a press release and shut up. Given the salacious details of his story—Weiner is smoking his socks if he thinks he can get reporters to ask him his thoughts about the debt ceiling and health care."
— PR Pros Say Weiner Is Bungling the Twitter Sex Scandal
"If they don’t increase the debt, there will be a huge impact on the economy. Interest rates would spike. S&P and Moody’s would downgrade U.S. debt, raising the price of borrowing, there would be a market sell-off, it would be a disaster."
— Debt Ceiling Warning: Inaction Would Double Interest Rates, Crash Market — Wall Street lobbyists trying to sway Tea Party (Washington Whispers)
"33 percent said that they would like to spend spring break with Palin in Alaska. Bracing the chilly winds in Chicago with the Obamas was second at 28 percent; following Bill Clinton to barbecue joints in Little Rock was third at 21 percent; riding top down with Jeb Bush in Tallahassee was fourth at 12 percent and last, at 6 percent, was traveling scenic San Francisco with Nancy Pelosi."
— Americans Want to Spend Spring Break With Palin