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Paul Begala: “Speaker Boehner is doing him a favor, though. The speaker is doing the president a favor. I don't want people to have to…”

On the recordAugust 30, 2011
Speaker Boehner is doing him a favor, though. The speaker is doing the president a favor. I don't want people to have to choose between watching the president's plan for jobs and watching the Republican debate.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Begala discusses the conflict between President Obama's job plan speech and the Republican debate, suggesting that Speaker Boehner is helping the president by suggesting an alternative time.

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