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.
The war in Iraq is very much George Bush's war. It was a war of choice.
Bush is actually a very gracious guy, President Bush let me not call him by his last name. He's a very gracious guy, he would have done very well there.
He couldn't even testify before the 9/11 commission without Dick Cheney holding his hand.
They can't dump him and they won't because he does hurt the ticket, actually.
I think there's no doubt about it. In fact, there's hundreds of thousands of Americans who already voted for John Edwards to be the president.
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…
When George W. Bush rejected John McCain, for fear that he'd be overshadowed, rejected Rudy Giuliani, for fear he'd be overshadowed, and took the most dull, drab and unassuming person -- really on the face of the earth, I think -- in Dick…
In fact, there's hundreds of thousands of Americans who already voted for John Edwards to be the president, and so he definitely crosses that threshold.
Well, excitement. John Kerry has a lot going for him, but he's not the most charismatic, exciting guy you've ever seen on the stump. John Edwards is.





