Paul Begala actually said...

"It does seem like it's a pretty unfair negotiating strategy for the Republicans, and it looks like maybe it's blown up in their face."

"Republicans have got to agree to ask wealthy people and big corporations and big oil companies to pay a little bit more."

"The American economy is facing default. The American government is facing default. It has potentially really damaging consequences."

"His party, my party, is going to have to agree to cuts, painful cuts in constituencies that we care about. The Republican Party is going to have to agree to new revenue. They're just going to have to."