Paul Begala

He started in the gutter. He's now in the sewer. I don't know what's below that.

What a different race it would be if Trump had chosen Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, Brian Kemp, Glenn Youngkin, even Mitt Romney, people who can get votes that Trump doesn't now have.

When you tell people you hate them, they don't like it, and they tend not to vote for you.

I wouldn't count on sticking around if I was J.D. Vance. I don't think he's -- he certainly is underwater.

Counter attack. There's this huge myth and it goes all the way back to do Caucus Campaign. Democrats lose because they don't respond.

President Kennedy said there are risks and costs of a plan of bold action, but they are nothing compared to the risks and costs of inaction.

I think Kamala Harris beats Trump, and I think a lot -- Whitmer, Cooper, Beshear, Wes Moore in Maryland, Josh Shapiro in Pennsylvania. I could go on.

People can have deep affection and respect for him and the things that he's accomplished, not just as president, but over 50 years and still recognize that he is not in a position to win this race and that as he has said, this is a race of…

President Obama views his role as a confidant and sounding board for President Biden as a very important one.

Lloyd Doggett, the Congressman from Austin, is the first one to call for President Biden to give up the nomination.

They've got to be more transparent.

The message that wins this election for Biden is Trump's in it for himself, I'm in it for you.

When Trump talks about all this, all his own grudges, his own grievances, his own vendettas, his own vengeance, it riles up people he's already got, but it alienates the people he needs.

Steve Bannon, keep talking, brother, keep talking. Don't shut up ever.

I don't care if he was in bed with Stormy Daniels, okay? He was in bed with big oil.

Trump is a threat to your Social Security, to your Medicare, to your healthcare, your childcare. God knows he is to your abortion rights, and even to our democracy.

This feeds the preexisting narrative, right? Every politician has one, right? With President Obama, they worried he was too elite; President Bush, they worried he was too dumb; with President Clinton, it was I can't really recall, he had…

If they keep it up, Kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan have to register as a Democratic Super PAC, because they're going to save Joe Biden's fate in here.

They really are killing their chances by seeming so extremist.

This is extraordinary here. This is their agenda for real. They say they want to impeach the Democratic president, they want to remove the Republicans speaker, they want to shut down the whole government, and they want to block every…

I think he needs to say absolutely nothing. Absolutely nothing.

The problem Mr. Trump has though, is independents, right? They don't like this and they do think that these charges are very serious.

Nope. Nope. Sorry. It's the most impregnable readout. If they can say bouillabaisse, I can say impregnable readout. It is a brick outhouse. They're never going to penetrate it.

I think President Biden is doing the right thing. Jeff Zients is a business person and a management guru. Ron Klain, the president's first chief-of-staff, much more political. Ron has moved out.

The president of the United States, I know he is a candidate, too, but he needs to shut up. He has shut up. He's very wise.