Paul Begala

If it was passed and signed into law -- if Congressman Murphy's chronology is right -- under a Republican administration.

The risk, of course, for the Obama administration is if there's any wrongdoing uncovered, I haven't -- we haven't seen any yet, the risk for the Congress, though, is if you look like you're being partisan in an investigation, it can hurt…

The Tea Party's favorable is 31. And it's negative is 51. I think this is what David Gergen was alluding to earlier in your broadcast.

You know, I think tonight we saw that the Tea Party may be, as George W. Bush might say, a double-edged six shooter.

I think definitely. ... They especially liked is when he paired up ending tax breaks for the wealthiest with funding education.

It's unfair to say it didn't work because at least the propeller heads at the Congressional Budget Office say that it did.

Mitch McConnell, the Senate leader, has said, his top political priority is making Barack Obama a one-term president.

The very fact that the president is doing it is good news. It shows that he is dialed in to the most important issue facing the country.

He says he's an expert on jobs, and I suppose he is in the same way an undertaker is an expert on health care.

I think he would agree, it is about world view, and I think the president will say, and I think he's right, that his focus is on the heart of the middle class.

When John Boehner, the speaker, was told that some of his policies might cost jobs, he said so be it.

I want everybody both to see both sides, I really do honestly. It's good for the country. We ought to have a debate about this.

I think that congress should welcome him and I'm sure they will.

Speaker Boehner is doing him a favor, though. The speaker is doing the president a favor. I don't want people to have to choose between watching the president's plan for jobs and watching the Republican debate.

We need to help them. I'm serious. No, come on, OK. They left on their vacation. You know seriously, whatever. When a storm hits, people need help.

Let's hope the president produces something that is big and bold and will make a difference, and let's hope the Congress passes it.

If the speech is strong, the president will look strong.

These people are hurting. We need to help them. They need help right away. They don't need help because they're Democrats. They don't need help because they're Republicans. They are American citizens who are suffering damage through no…

It's not the Barack Obama's fault that we have these got an awful Bush deficit and it's certainly not the fault of the people who are hit by a hurricane.

When there's an emergency, what do you do? Americans drop everything and go to help people who are in need. That's what Cantor should be doing.

Of course he's being hypocritical. And on the thing, he's being political. He's a very smart guy so I can't say that he's playing this because he's done. He must see political angle here. I frankly don't.

The president I served helped set in policies that created 23 million jobs.

The congressional budget office non-partisan score keeper say it created up to 4.8 million jobs.

There are a lot of things that a president can do.

I think that can be an effective thing in a politician. And I think he's going to be formidable. If I was Mitt Romney, I would be quaking in my Gucci's.