Guests: Actress Kerry Washington, fmr. Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (R-MD), Real Time correspondent Dan Savage, journalist Jeffrey Toobin, and fmr. White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan.

On O'Reilly

Obama went on the "Bill O'Reilly Show" last night. Anybody catch that? Ooh. I thought O'Reilly was tough... but fair. Cordial, but I didn't like that he was always checking to see if his wallet was still there.  Bill Maher

On Palin

And, how about the other woman at the convention? How about the new star of the Republican Party, Ms. Sarah Palin! Wow! The media loves her! The headlines were all, "Palin Delivered!" I said, "Another baby?!"  Bill Maher

Fred Thompson said, "She's from a small town" - Sarah Palin, he was talking about - "with small town values. But, that's not good enough for the people attacking her." Well, excuse me, it's not good enough! To be from a small town with small-town values is supposed to be good enough to be in the second-most important job in the world?! Are you kidding me?!  Bill Maher

And you know what else we could talk about? The fact that Sarah Palin opposes abortion, thinks it should be illegal in all cases, including rape and incest. And, yet, praised her own daughter for the decision she made to carry this baby to term.
 Dan Savage

On Palin's credentials

The other point that they're making, which I think we really need to think about is... she has a lot of national security credentials because Alaska is so close to Russia. That's an argument that - that Laura Bush actually made, because it's just across the Bering Straits. I mean, that's the national security credential she brings.
 Jeffery Toobin

On McCain's RNC speech

Yeah, but, at least, you know, at the Democratic Convention, you had problems put out and then you had solutions to fix them. (McCain) was talking about all the kids that he - this autistic kid he's fighting for, this person he's fighting for, that person he's fighting for - but he didn't tell me what that fight looks like. He didn't talk to me about every American having health care. He didn't talk to me about every American having access to real education. He talked about choices, as if that's the problem: people can't choose what salad they want on the menu. That's not the problem. The problem is there's no salad on the menu!  Kerry Washington

On McCain's Candidacy

McCain said, "I'm not running for president because I think I'm blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to save our country in its hour of need." Well, first of all, yes, you are. That's exactly what you think, and isn't that what a presidential candidate should think?  Bill Maher

On Obama's Reaction to Palin's Qualifications

What you fail to understand about small towns - small towns are where particularly women get their start in politics... A significant number of the women in this country - mayors in this country - are women. My point is, when you come out - the first statements out of your mouth on the Obama campaign is to belittle her service as a mayor of a small town of 9,000, what signal are you sending to all the women you've already ticked off by not picking Hillary and the way you treated Hillary during the campaign?  Michael Steele

On the Candidates

This goes back to the question that started at the beginning, is how are they going to govern once they get in there. We know how they're going to campaign, but are they going to stand up to the hard-line ideologues in their party?  Scott McClellan

On Levi Johnston

If there was a black teenage male with a MySpace page that was any way comparable to that white kid's MySpace page... and he was Barack Obama's daughter's baby daddy, the election would be over.  Dan Savage