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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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Dec 17, 2020

I talked to two different Hill offices today on the Democratic side involved in these negotiations. I have to tell you, presidents named everyone came up David, they didn't even thinking about him. He's so AWOL right now.

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Dec 9, 2020

You're going to tell 20 million Americans that they're not allowed to participate in picking their President because Texas doesn't like it.

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Dec 9, 2020

The Trump candidacy is over. And for them to continue to do this... I think it's really destructive of our democracy.

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Dec 3, 2020

the only way you're going to get COVID aid is if the Democrats win because the Republicans have killed it. They're killing unemployment compensation, small business aid, student loan aid.

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Nov 24, 2020

It's all about motivating your pace. And the Democrats usually do a very bad job in runoffs especially in Georgia of motivating two constituencies in their base, young people and African-Americans.

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Oct 29, 2020

If you rebuild that blue wall, much as I want. Texas, by the way, I think Georgia is going to flip more likely than even Texas.

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Oct 29, 2020

Hispanics in Texas are trending much more Democratic than they were in the Bush era. This is not George W. Bush's Texas.

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Sep 19, 2020

Mitch McConnell's base is not all those wonderful people who vote for him, it's the financial people who are flooding his party with dark money.

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Sep 17, 2020

For the first time, in my experience, where Democrats cared more about the court than Republicans.

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