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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.

Nov 7, 2004

I think Bob is right, by the way. I don't know how tough it is to be on TV and yap, but I'm worried that there's not enough spine in my Democrats on Capitol Hill.

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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.

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Nov 4, 2004

Who knows? Only the president knows. But I haven't seen any evidence to the contrary. No one has come forth with a really plausible military explanation as to why we have to wait until a few days after the election. If the imperative was…

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Nov 4, 2004

Will he put Rudy Giuliani in at the Justice Department? He was a top prosecutor under Ronald Reagan in the Justice Department.

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Nov 4, 2004

If it's right to attack the enemy there, then we should do it sooner rather than later, rather than have more time to fortify themselves, more time to build up defenses, more time to entrench themselves. But it seems to me that the…

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Nov 4, 2004

I'd love nothing better than to see her put under oath before the Senate in hearings to defend the rank incompetence that she and the rest of that team showed.

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Nov 3, 2004

He doesn't have -- actually need to, to begin with. I, it would be good for the country. But as a just raw political matter, he has the votes for much of his agenda.

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Nov 3, 2004

The Democrats need to focus on what it is that they are lacking, particularly in those red states with those middle class voters, and especially on culture and social issues.

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Nov 3, 2004

He lacks 60 votes in the Senate, though, and I think that may be what's animating this.

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Nov 2, 2004

That was part of the Bush campaign doing its job. They didn't want to come to you or to me or to the what they call the dominant media and talk about things like gay rights or stopping advancement of gay rights or abortion or things like…

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Nov 2, 2004

I got to give ultimate congratulations to the president, but then also to his team, Karl Rove, Mark MacKinnon, Matthew Dowd, that whole staff...

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