Paul Begala actually said...

"Support for the war is collapsing and a speech can't reverse that."

"I think he has. And he should be respected for that. The president was re-elected despite being relatively unpopular, and despite having a soft economy and an unpopular war."

"I just wish the president would stand up and say, look -- hey, I think abortion is murder; it ought to be outlawed. I don't like gay rights; I want to stop it."

"Yes. I think it's -- I don't want to read too much into the tea leaves -- but, look, there's clearly some there, there. And it could well be that Karl -- we know that Karl misled the country and misle..."