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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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Oct 30, 2011

He's got to get one very brief, very short story and then move on.

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Oct 30, 2011

A smarter way to do this is he could have found a way to leak this out himself, to put this out himself.

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Oct 30, 2011

The problem is he's had these shifting stories and that sets off every red flag in every journalist.

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Oct 30, 2011

This guy said. He's not going to be president anyway. He's not going to be my party's nominee.

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Oct 30, 2011

This is an allegation that he might have sexually harassed someone?

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Sep 27, 2011

the only way to run is to run scared, but this president has to run really scared.

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Sep 27, 2011

the president has a path to victory here. But it's -- I think it's the path he's on frankly.

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Sep 27, 2011

We want now, we the voters, the middle class, the swing voters, they want him to stand up there and fight for them.

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Sep 27, 2011

Independents want him to fight if he's fighting for the middle class.

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Sep 27, 2011

The president's new tone and new message is exactly what voters want.

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Sep 13, 2011

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…

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Sep 13, 2011

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

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