Political Quotes

Paul Begala

The Public Record

Paul Begala is a prominent American political consultant, strategist, and television personality, best known for his role as a senior advisor to President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been influential in shaping political discourse and strategy in the United States. Begala has also made a name for himself as a commentator on various news networks, where he provides insights on political issues and campaigns.

Quotes by year · 200320251,665 total · peak 2017 (214)
2003: 4 quotes2004: 176 quotes2005: 10 quotes2006: 15 quotes2007: 30 quotes2008: 86 quotes2009: 106 quotes2010: 189 quotes2011: 153 quotes2012: 165 quotes2013: 36 quotes2014: 12 quotes2015: 64 quotes2016: 146 quotes2017: 214 quotes2018: 110 quotes2019: 46 quotes2020: 25 quotes2021: 18 quotes2022: 5 quotes2023: 13 quotes2024: 32 quotes2025: 10 quotes
Nov 18, 2004

If they think something is wrong, they have a duty and obligation to say so.

transcripts.cnn.com
Nov 18, 2004

The president has a perfect right after winning an election to put together whatever team he wants.

transcripts.cnn.com
Nov 18, 2004

Look, the president has a perfect right after winning an election to put together whatever team he wants.

transcripts.cnn.com
Nov 15, 2004

I mean, she just didn't get things wrong, she misled them. She told them things that were simply factually false.

transcripts.cnn.com
Nov 15, 2004

No, no, she'll be overwhelmingly confirmed, and I think that's a tragedy. Again, what I come back to is the stunning incompetence.

transcripts.cnn.com
Nov 15, 2004

She's been in charge -- directly, the president's put her directly in charge of the management of the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq, which has been a colossal debacle, the biggest foreign policy debacle since 9/11, which also…

transcripts.cnn.com
Nov 15, 2004

No, no, she'll be overwhelming confirmed, and I think that's a tragedy. Again, what I come back to is the stunning incompetence.

transcripts.cnn.com
Nov 7, 2004

It depends on where and how he prosecutes it. A whole lot of American, I think the majority, certainly in the exit polls, not very accurate exit polls but you get a sense that at least half the country, we were going in the wrong direction…

transcripts.cnn.com
Nov 7, 2004

but I don't think Democrats should give this president a blank check to go off on any more foreign misadventures given how desperately he has blotched it in Iraq.

transcripts.cnn.com
Nov 7, 2004

the argument the Democrats made, some of them before the war, was that invading Iraq would be a distraction from the real war against al Qaeda. There's increasing evidence that we were right.

transcripts.cnn.com
Nov 7, 2004

If the Democrats just sort of say, please, Mr. President, work with me, he's going to crush them.

transcripts.cnn.com

Politicians like Paul Begala