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Paul Begala

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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.

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Jul 5, 2004

I think that what Edwards brings is optimism, it's exuberance. It's change, a sense of energy, all of which I think matches up quite favorably with what's increasingly looking like a sort of stodgy and stuck-in-the-mud Republican…

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Jun 20, 2004

The Republicans couldn't challenge him successfully on political and policy grounds. He beat them every time.

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Jun 20, 2004

The Democrats are competent fiscal stewards. As President Bush tries to say, the Democrats will spend us just oblivion.

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Jun 20, 2004

I think it's nothing but good news for John Kerry because it will remind people of what it was like when we had a president who was engaged, and able to get things done, and really cared about your life.

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Jun 20, 2004

Clinton helps to remind us that we had a president who did a darn good job for the economy, frankly, better than the current president.

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Jun 20, 2004

Tucker is profoundly wrong when he says it wasn't an interesting or important time in American history.

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Jun 15, 2004

From the highest courts in America to the most elite newspapers in America, they were all wrong and they were swept up in an era of madness and they were used as tools of hatred.

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May 25, 2004

This from the campaign that began in its first ad running videotape from 9/11.

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May 25, 2004

I think Kerry does stand to benefit from introducing himself this way.

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May 25, 2004

The president has been our commander-in-chief for three long years. It feels like 30.

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May 25, 2004

This from a party that set its national convention to coincide with 9/11 in New York City.

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