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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.

Feb 9, 2004

The Kerry campaign will tell you -- and I think they make a good point -- their guy has been tested.

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Feb 9, 2004

He has got to take a really hard look. He's the guy I think who has the brightest future in this Democratic field, besides the front-runner, John Kerry.

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Feb 9, 2004

He has to run two campaigns. He has to continue winning the primaries.

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Feb 9, 2004

He's still got to keep winning. He keeps winning, he's been very impressive but, you know, Governor Dean, we just heard him, he's going to make a stand in Wisconsin.

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Jan 26, 2004

Kerry has already won in Iowa, in the Midwest. That's a long way from home.

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Jan 26, 2004

He is the most strident on issues like Iraq. In the last few days, he was back on the attack, but not in a very screeching way, and I thought that seemed to work for him.

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Dec 7, 2003

For Gore to go against that, it's got to be difficult for Lieberman to take.

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Dec 7, 2003

I feel for him right now. Here's a guy who at some point sat alone in a room with Al Gore, Al Gore turned to him and said, Joe, if I become president, god forbid something happens, I want you to run the country. You're the best person to…

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Dec 7, 2003

They are probably personally angry and politically scrambling. They have tried to say Dean is only the candidate of the elite white establishment -- not establishment -- the white anti-establishment-type vote, or maybe just the angry voter.

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