Paul Begala actually said...

"We Democrats think that the middle class drives the economy."

"You know, you always have a mix in the Congress. Go back to the Continental Congress and there were bomb throwers in that one, too."

"I think the Muslims will here as well. But that would have been a far more resonant message -- with that vast majority of Americans -- who are not at all prejudiced."

"I think it's been an interesting conversation. But I think the reason General Petraeus commented on it, which is why CNN covered it, is because he had to."