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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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Nov 4, 2012

I do believe in data. And I believe in magic and wearing gloves and all that garbage. But the truth, this is still a day to do business. And the data suggests that it's highly likely that President Obama will win tomorrow.

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Nov 4, 2012

First of all, enthusiasm does matter. It really does. But arithmetic matters more. In other words, if you have fewer voters but they're really, really, really fired up, you still lose.

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Nov 4, 2012

Romney has a much, much tougher map. If you begin, as you should, presuming he'll carry every state John McCain did, then he still needs Indiana, which he'll almost -- he's very strong in, very likely to win.

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Nov 4, 2012

If you don't move the needle on jobs in 3.5 years, you will lose your job, Mr. President.

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Oct 18, 2012

I do think, John, it's a certainty. It is, I will say, an important issue to investigate. That the administration's investigating, the Congress is investigating, that's good.

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Oct 18, 2012

Ehud Barak has said he's never had better, stronger military and intelligence cooperation from the United States than he's had under the Obama administration.

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Oct 18, 2012

The administration clearly did not have all the facts when they started saying that they had all the facts, and so the initial stories they say were overtaken by events.

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Oct 18, 2012

Ehud Bark has said he's never had better, stronger military and intelligence cooperation from the United States than he's had under the Obama administration.

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Oct 11, 2012

There's only two ways to run in America. And that is scared or unopposed.

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Oct 11, 2012

Notice that in the vice presidential debate last night, one of the very first things that Joe Biden did when they turned toward the economy was raise the auto bailout.

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Oct 11, 2012

The Obama campaign is making the case and I think they have got the better of the argument that the governor opposed, Governor Romney opposed the auto bailout.

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