DAVID AXELROD SLAMS REPUBLICAN BUDGET PLAN

On “Fox News Sunday”

“ The Republican plan is the wrong direction for the country. More massive tax cuts for people at the top, more cuts in things that we need to grow the economy ... more cuts in our basic social safety net.”

RNC CHAIR PRIEBUS: BUFFETT RULE ‘SHINY OBJECT’
On CNN’s “State of the Union”

“ If you add up every dollar of revenue that this little rule will put into place, if you took every dollar over a year, it would add up to paying for 11 hours of the federal government."

ROMNEY ADVISOR GILLESPIE DEFENDS TAX EXTENSION REQUEST
On “Fox News Sunday”

“ Like millions of Americans, Gov. Romney has filed for an extension to complete his tax returns because he’s waiting for other information to come in from other entities...He’s paid his estimated taxes and he’s released his estimated income and when the forms are completed and filed after that he’ll make them public and that will be before the election. This is not out of the ordinary for people to get an extension.”

BANNER: PRIEBUS: ROMNEY IS NOT THE OFFICIAL NOMINEE YET
On CNN’s “State of the Union”
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"We haven't officially declared a presumptive nominee out of respect for Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich...Romney had a great month and he’s clearly on a pathway to be a presumptive nominee."

BACHMANN ‘SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING’ ENDORSING ROMNEY
On NBC’S “Meet the Press”

“I’m very seriously looking into an endorsement for Mitt Romney. As you know, Rick Santorum, just got out of the race this week. I think we’re seeing a uniting and a pulling together around our eventual nominee. And I have said I want my voice to be one of uniting our party.”

MIKE HUCKABEE’S ADVICE: CHOOSE RUBIO FOR VP LATE
On “Fox News Sunday”

“I think his better pick is Marco Rubio. He would be my choice and he shouldn’t do it early because that just gives people more time to go after the target. It would be utterly ridiculous. There’s no advantage in picking him early.”

GILLESPIE DEFENDS ROMNEY’S POSITION TO ‘DEFUND’ PLANNED PARENTHOOD
On “Fox News Sunday”

“Planned Parenthood gets the lion’s share of its money from private sector contributions. So that’s not going to discontinue...If people want to give to that charity for that purpose, that’s a noble thing to do. Federal funding of abortion is not a noble thing to do and so defunding from a federal budget perspective, Planned Parenthood, is not the same thing.”

REP. CAROLYN MALONEY: DEMOCRATS STAY FOCUSED ON WOMEN’S ISSUES
On CNN’s “State of the Union”

"Their attempts to roll back and assault the rights and programs and services of women is absolutely stunning in its scope and appalling in its indifference to women. To pretend that it does not exist is to double down on that indifference to women."

MICHELE BACHMANN ON ‘WAR ON WOMEN’ AND ANN ROMNEY REMARK
On NBC’s “Meet the Press”

“I thought it was shocking and insulting. I’m a mother of five, I’ve been at home full-time with our children, I’ve also worked full-time as a federal tax litigation attorney. And one thing I know: When women are home full-time, they probably have a better pulse on their economy than even their husbands have because they’re the ones impacted by the price of groceries, by the price of gasoline, by the price of dealing with banking.”

GEITHNER SLAMS ROMNEY’S CLAIM JOB LOSSES HURT WOMEN MORE
On ABC’S “This Week”

“It’s a ridiculous way to look at the problem. It’s a political moment...This crisis was a very damaging crisis, hurt everybody, and it began in early 2008 and a lot of the early job losses in 2008 affected men because they affected construction and manufacturing.”

CHRIS WALLACE MEMORIALIZES HIS FATHER, MIKE WALLACE
On “Fox News Sunday”

“Over the last two decades, my father became my best friend. He was so interesting, so much fun to be around. And yes, sometimes so exasperating. I didn’t get into reporting at least consciously because of him. But we used to get such joy from sharing experiences with each other. So many times this week I wanted to ask him what he thinks about all the coverage of his life. And then I stop and remember he’s not here. That is going to take some getting used to.”