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Simply treading water, fundamentally failing our duty to make any choice at all by voting present. [applause] ronald reagan said that for almost two centuries we have proved man's capacity for self-government, but today we are told we must choose between a left and a right, or as others suggest, a third alternative, a kind of safe middle ground. reagan went on to say, i suggest to you that there is no left or right, only an up and a down. up to the maximum of individual freedom consistent with law and order, or down to the ante of totalitarianism. [applause] as a career cop as i call myself, i...

Marla and charles krauthammer. josh earnest tried to explain the homeland security statement and now we hear this is going to change what the administration is pushing for. >> there was a statement out on thursday of last week or guidance provided to reporters that the president was going to seek this change in the law which followed his comments on i believe it was monday where he sort of hinted that change was going to come. look, the problem with the white house keeping their story straight and the public don't know what they are going to do in private. there's no policy decision. remember ...

He said he doesn't even want to talk about this, even discuss bringing it it to the floor of the senate till they are sure that the process at the united nations is real and this isn't something that russia floated out there in order to stall things. >> let's talk about that because the senate foreign reeses committee approved that earlier authorization, 10-7 with one senator, ed markey voting present. that resolution now for all practical purposes has gone away. harry reid has put that on hold because of this dramatic diplomatic development. >> absolutely. and that's why things are really up ...

"the new york times" added more detail including this amazing quote from rep michael c. burgess of texas. "there's always better ground, but we have to get there." in this case the better ground is exchanging the threat of a congressionally induced recession for the threat of a congressionally induced global financial crisis combined with recession. that, that is your better ground? that's a big plan? it's not -- it's not better ground for the economy. and, frankly, i find it difficult to see how it's better political ground even for the gop. i figured, i didn't get it. so i figured this was b...

Quote from rep michael c. burgess of texas. "there's always better ground, but we have to get there." in this case the better ground is exchanging the threat of a congressionally induced recession for the threat of a congressionally induced global financial crisis combined with recession. that, that is your better ground? that's a big plan? it's not -- it's not better ground for the economy. and, frankly, i find it difficult to see how it's better political ground even for the gop. i figured, i didn't get it. so i figured this was beyond my small political brain to understand. so i asked some ...