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On the recordAugust 20, 2012
You know, he's got to say something. And it is not for me whether to say he should stay in or get out. Although he should get out. It is not the liberal media doing it. This is the conservative Republican establishment.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Begala asserts that the pressure on Todd Akin to withdraw from the race is coming from the conservative Republican establishment, not the liberal media.

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