Paul Begala actually said...

"You don't have to make a deal, but once you do, you have to honor the deal."

"The real problem here is a trust problem and it's enormous. At the focal point of it is Speaker Boehner. Senator Reid does not trust Speaker Boehner. I doubt the president does either."

"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."

"Nancy Pelosi talked about it today after the meeting at the White House. You could see the frustration."