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On the recordOctober 7, 2013
A congressional leader in the Democratic Party told me this at the very beginning of this, said, they're too dumb to take yes for an answer, too dumb to know that they've won.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Paul Begala discusses the inability of congressional leaders to recognize their victories in negotiations.

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