Paul Begala actually said...

"Yes, I do. I actually knew Governor Bush when he was in Texas, he's a nice guy. But when he gets in a tough fight, he didn't just get in the gutter, he gets in the sewer."

"He's trying to pretend that he has Kerry's..."

"He can't just say, I'm not a waffler, right? He needs to answer that with style as well as substance."

"If it's this point next week, yes. But that's what the convention is for."