Paul Begala actually said...

"If we just have to stimulate the economy, Mr. President, they say, why don't you just focus on that?"

"It's guys like that that are going to bring the Republican Party back."

"The Republicans, they do need the president to stumble. They don't like to say that in public, but that's OK."

"It seems to me he's making a mistake in saying he doesn't want some independent commission to look at it, because that can take it off of his plate."