Max Baucus: “It is true, in those years there is deficit spending, but it comes in balance in 2012.”

This is not a fixable Washington problem. This is a condition, like a chronic condition, that we are going to have to cope with.

I'd be hard-pressed to think of anyone more qualified than Danny Werfel to lead the IRS during this critical time of rebuilding.

I think we lost. We looked weak in my judgment because there was nothing solved.

I'm saying China would not stand idly by. They would not just sit there and watch whatever may or may not unfold in North Korea should U.S. attempt preemptive strike.