Paul Begala: “Under Bush and Cheney, President Bush and Vice President Cheney, we were a nation of men, not a nation of laws.”

For the first time since Reagan, a Republican, won voters making less than 50 grand a year. Now, as a Democrat, I don't like that. But as an American, I admire it.

So, I have my concerns with the way Abdul is running his campaign.

But the kind of, just, dopey slurs coming from this dim-witted vice president — this charmless oaf — you can have him.

He has a mandate to cut the cost of groceries, gas and rent. He promised to cut the cost of energy in half.