Political Quotes

Paul Begala

The Public Record

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.

Quotes by year · 200320251,673 total · peak 2017 (214)
2003: 4 quotes2004: 177 quotes2005: 10 quotes2006: 15 quotes2007: 30 quotes2008: 87 quotes2009: 106 quotes2010: 192 quotes2011: 153 quotes2012: 165 quotes2013: 36 quotes2014: 12 quotes2015: 65 quotes2016: 147 quotes2017: 214 quotes2018: 111 quotes2019: 46 quotes2020: 25 quotes2021: 18 quotes2022: 5 quotes2023: 13 quotes2024: 32 quotes2025: 10 quotes
Sep 27, 2011

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

transcripts.cnn.com
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…

transcripts.cnn.com
Sep 13, 2011

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

transcripts.cnn.com
Sep 11, 2011

You know, I think tonight we saw that the Tea Party may be, as George W. Bush might say, a double-edged six shooter.

transcripts.cnn.com
Sep 11, 2011

The Tea Party's favorable is 31. And it's negative is 51. I think this is what David Gergen was alluding to earlier in your broadcast.

transcripts.cnn.com
Sep 7, 2011

I think definitely. ... They especially liked is when he paired up ending tax breaks for the wealthiest with funding education.

transcripts.cnn.com
Sep 7, 2011

It's unfair to say it didn't work because at least the propeller heads at the Congressional Budget Office say that it did.

transcripts.cnn.com
Sep 5, 2011

He says he's an expert on jobs, and I suppose he is in the same way an undertaker is an expert on health care.

transcripts.cnn.com
Sep 5, 2011

Mitch McConnell, the Senate leader, has said, his top political priority is making Barack Obama a one-term president.

transcripts.cnn.com
Sep 5, 2011

The very fact that the president is doing it is good news. It shows that he is dialed in to the most important issue facing the country.

transcripts.cnn.com
Sep 5, 2011

When John Boehner, the speaker, was told that some of his policies might cost jobs, he said so be it.

transcripts.cnn.com

Politicians like Paul Begala