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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transcripts.cnn.comPaul Begala: “A congressional leader in the Democratic Party told me this at the very beginning of this, said, they're too dumb to…”
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Paul Begala discusses the inability of congressional leaders to recognize their victories in negotiations.
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