Paul Begala actually said...

"This obsession on the debt ceiling -- and it's an artificial contrivance -- we just created that as a country -- has distracted from what a lot of people think is a bigger problem, and that is jobs, g..."

"I think it's a route. I don't support their agenda. But if it's cutting taxes and spending, good Lord, this thing is a route."

"I do wish the Democrats would come forward with a jobs bill."

"I think that's a little much, at least for me and I was struck at how very different type of Republican we have in the Senate today."