Paul Begala actually said...

"I have been talking to Democrats on the Hill since that comment yesterday. And they feel very strongly that Boehner revealed a tell, that the Democrats have the upper hand here."

"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."