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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.

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Aug 28, 2008

Eighteen million people, Americans all, decided that Barack Obama had enough experience.

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Aug 28, 2008

I think this whole thing for McCain is about politics. And I say that really with some surprise. It is in a sense this is going to upset McCain, he's exactly like George W. Bush, utterly political to his core.

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Aug 21, 2008

Senator Obama said that Hillary Clinton would have to be on anybody's short list, and apparently not his.

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Aug 20, 2008

If he runs a convention like John Kerry did, where we speak no ill about the party opposite, he'll lose just like John Kerry did.

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Aug 10, 2008

If Barack does his job in his speech, nothing else will matter. And he has never disappointed in a major speech.

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Aug 8, 2008

He needed to say, I did it, I lied, I hurt my wife and I will -- I am going to apologize to my wife publicly because I've humiliated her publicly, and then shut the hell up.

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Aug 8, 2008

There are sadly plenty of politicians who went on after affairs like this to have careers in Washington or another appointed offices.

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Aug 8, 2008

I wouldn't say over. It's certainly not in great shape tonight, Anderson.

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Aug 7, 2008

I thought it was bizarre. It was way too detailed. Way too much information.

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Aug 7, 2008

But I do think it starts -- it should go away relatively soon. I don't think it's going to have a big impact on the presidential election.

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Aug 7, 2008

He needed to say a lot less, basically, to say I'm sorry and particularly apologize publicly to his wife.

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Aug 7, 2008

I wouldn't say over. It's certainly not in great shape tonight, Anderson.

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Aug 7, 2008

No. No. I mean -- I suppose he can show up if he's a delegate, I guess.

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Jul 10, 2008

The people who say Bill Clinton shouldn't have been out there with Hillary were people who didn't want Hillary to win.

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May 19, 2008

Meet me in Miami and then meet me in Michigan, Barack, and I'll make you this deal. If you beat me in either one of these two states, I'll step out of the race the next day and endorse you.

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May 19, 2008

You call them out in Michigan and Florida. Right? That's her last best hope. She keeps saying that she wants all the votes to be cast and all the votes to be counted.

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May 19, 2008

The magic words are Bush and McCain. As Jamal said, the more he links those two, the more he will unite the Clinton and Obama factions.

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May 19, 2008

He wants to reunite the Democratic Party. He believes that he's the likely nominee.

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May 19, 2008

If she's willing, Hillary's willing to keep fighting this out, given the knocks that she's taking.

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Apr 21, 2008

Democrats stop ringing their hands, start rolling up their sleeves and get ready for a fight.

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Apr 21, 2008

She's got to win out; maybe six out of the last nine, maybe seven out of the last nine. But then she's going to make a case to the superdelegates that goes like this. Barack's wonderful, almost unprecedented combination of really…

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Mar 25, 2008

In the great -- those great philosopher's on 'Wayne's World,' Hillary is going to quit when monkeys fly out my butt.

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Mar 25, 2008

Those great philosopher's on Wayne's World, Hillary is going to quit when monkey's fly out my butt.

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