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Paul Begala: “I think they're going to like it, I do. There was this or that that was certainly calibrated to tack for the center or…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 2011
I think they're going to like it, I do. There was this or that that was certainly calibrated to tack for the center or so forth. But you know, mostly progressives love this President. They want him to succeed.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Begala predicts that progressives will respond positively to Obama's speech.

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