Paul Begala actually said...

"I think there's no doubt about it. In fact, there's hundreds of thousands of Americans who already voted for John Edwards to be the president."

"I think that what Edwards brings is optimism, it's exuberance. It's change, a sense of energy, all of which I think matches up quite favorably with what's increasingly looking like a sort of stodgy an..."

"When George W. Bush rejected John McCain, for fear that he'd be overshadowed, rejected Rudy Giuliani, for fear he'd be overshadowed, and took the most dull, drab and unassuming person -- really on the..."

"In fact, there's hundreds of thousands of Americans who already voted for John Edwards to be the president, and so he definitely crosses that threshold."