With escalating violence in Syria read the Republican Presidential candidates’ perspectives on the Middle East:
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As President Obama announces a compromise in the contraception insurance debate, Candy talks to White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew about it. Has the White House put the issue behind them? And Is the controversy dominating the news cycle as the Obama team prepares to release its budget?

Then, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has momentum on his side and his campaign coffers are bulging. Is he the frontrunner?

Plus; what role should the United States play in ending the blood bath in Syria? Sen. Joseph Lieberman said "we should rule out no option." We'll get his take on Syria and other Middle East hotspots.

And our reporter panel with CNN’s Senior Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash, and Time Magazine’s Washington Bureau Chief Mike Duffy.

Watch this Sunday at 9 a.m. & noon ET.

Tuesday night was a huge night for Rick Santorum.  His clean sweep of the Minnesota, Missouri, and Colorado contests could translate into some serious momentum for the former senator from Pennsylvania (he’s already claiming to be on a fundraising surge).  Mitt Romney, meanwhile, woke up Wednesday morning to a barrage of articles chronicling his losses for the night and a Washington Post piece that took a closer look at his jobs record as Massachusetts governor. Oh, and an op-ed by Donald Trump describing Romney as  “No One’s Apprentice.”

But that doesn’t mean the Santorum campaign doesn’t have its own set of problems.  Will his endorsement of Romney in 2008 come back to haunt him?  And do Tuesday’s results confirm the narrative that the GOP can’t coalesce around one candidate?

 
Rick Santorum joins us on the program this Sunday.  And be sure to check this page for updates on guests for this week’s show!

In this week's "Getting to Know," Gov. McDonnell tells us about the greatest game of football in his high school career...and about his wife's former life as a Washington Redskins cheerleader.

Candy recaps today's edition of State of the Union.

Rep. Mike Rogers (R) Chairman, Intelligence Committee on increasing tension with Iran.

Alice Rivlin, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, and Ron Brownstein analyze the state of the economy in the U.S.

Tony Perkins President from the Family Research Council, and  Dick Armey Chairman, FreedomWorks assess the 2012 GOP race.

Dick Armey on Newt Gingrich: "I feel bad for him. I think he's digressed into a state of taking a second rate campaign and turning it into a first rate vendetta, and I think he's putting himself out of the game because he can't get over his obsession about his own hurt feelings over the campaign in Iowa."

Tony Perkins on Romney: "I disagree that Romney has captured the evangelical support, the conservative support. They're warming to him but he still has a long way to go. "

Alice Rivlin, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, and Ron Brownstein analyze the state of the economy in the U.S.

Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) Maryland,  and Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) Virginia, on contraception and the Catholic vote.