Paul Begala

A lot of them are depressed. ... If they want to actually enact all that change, they've got to stay in the game.

Communities have come here from all around the world and they have built their houses of worship.

The reason General Petraeus commented on it, which is why CNN covered it, is because he had to.

You know, you always have a mix in the Congress. Go back to the Continental Congress and there were bomb throwers in that one, too.

I think the Muslims will here as well. But that would have been a far more resonant message -- with that vast majority of Americans -- who are not at all prejudiced.

He is not an expert on national security. He doesn't know what the hell he is talking about on that.

I think it's been an interesting conversation. But I think the reason General Petraeus commented on it, which is why CNN covered it, is because he had to.

It was a tragic choice; 4,427 Americans are dead.

Oh, I think she's lost a few and won a few. But first, congratulations to her; good for her. Congratulations to Mr. Miller, who won a very unlikely upset up there.

Yes, I think it's the former, not the latter, Anderson. I think it's a Republican thing. That's why I don't understand it.

This was from the beginning, it was a war of choice. It was Mr. Bush's choice, and it was a tragic choice; 4,427 Americans are dead.

The surge was only necessary because President Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld went to war with too few troops.

Now they're going to nominate a senator candidate who says he doesn't want any more federal money. I say amen. How about we bring the money home to the other 49 states, who might use it?

Alaska gets $1.84 back from Washington for each dollar they send down here. And it's a welfare state.

I think it's the former, not the latter, Anderson. I think it's a Republican thing.

Six hundred million dollars is not nothing. It's part of a $17 billion budget on immigration control. Seventeen billion. To put it in perspective, we spend $5 billion for cancer research, and cancer is a much greater threat, frankly, than…

Barack Obama has increased deportations by 10 percent over the highest number that President Bush ever had. They're strengthening protection of the border.

I think she made an enormous difference, and, honestly, on the level. I would like to tease her, but she should be congratulated.

I think she made an enormous difference. And honestly, on the level -- I love to tease her. She should be congratulated. I don't think Karen Handel would be in a neck-and-neck race with veteran Congressman like Nathan Deal if it hadn't…

But I think the problem that she's got is, of course, Dick Blumenthal has the problem -- Alex is right -- he's been largely a career politician.

No. Of course not. First off, it's a civil violation. OK? Second off, people come here for the work. They don't come here to have babies.

The 14th Amendment isn't unconstitutional. The 14th Amendment can't be unconstitutional, Senator. It is the Constitution.

The 14th Amendment was put in after the Civil War, after 600,000 of us died for the notion of freedom. And one of those freedoms is, if you're born here, you're an American, and you shouldn't have to pass anybody else's test of political…

Mike Bloomberg, the independent mayor of New York City, gave quite a conservative argument today when he said, governments shouldn't be telling private property owners how, when, where, and who to worship.

The most famous Muslim in the whole wide world is an American, Mohammed Ali. This country has been welcoming to Muslims for two centuries and we continue to be.