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Paul Begala: “You know, it's about the worst thing you could commit in the Republican Party, to say that anybody would be better than…”

On the recordMarch 22, 2012
You know, it's about the worst thing you could commit in the Republican Party, to say that anybody would be better than Barack Obama. Right? Satan himself would be better than Barack Obama. Rather Barack Obama would be better than Mitt Romney.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Begala discusses the implications of Santorum's remarks about Romney and Obama.

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