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Paul Begala: “The risk, of course, for the Obama administration is if there's any wrongdoing uncovered, I haven't -- we haven't seen…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2011
The risk, of course, for the Obama administration is if there's any wrongdoing uncovered, I haven't -- we haven't seen any yet, the risk for the Congress, though, is if you look like you're being partisan in an investigation, it can hurt you politically.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Discussing the potential political implications for the Obama administration regarding the investigation into the funding of a company.

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