Paul Begala was a chief strategist for the 1992 Clinton-Gore campaign, which carried thirty-three states and made Bill Clinton the first Democrat to win the White House in sixteen years. He served as counselor to the president in the Clinton White House, where he coordinated policy, politics, and communications. He is the author of four books, including Is Our Children Learning?: The Case Against George W. Bush; It's Still the Economy, Stupid; and Buck Up, Suck Up...and Come Back When You Foul Up (with James Carville). Begala is a CNN political commentator and a research professor of public policy at Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute. Paul earned both... Read full bio
...lot easier." Describing what it's like to be governor of Texas. (Governing Magazine 7/98) -- From Paul Begala's "Is Our Children Learning?" "I told all four that there are going to be some times where we don't agree with each other, but that's OK...
...lot easier." Describing what it's like to be governor of Texas. (Governing Magazine 7/98) -- From Paul Begala's "Is Our Children Learning?" "I told all four that there are going to be some times where we don't agree with each other, but that's OK...
...Hubbard fantasies more openly. Compared to what his competitors are reading, they're downright mainstream. Newsweek/Daily Beast Co. Paul Begala, a former Democratic consultant and counselor to President Bill Clinton, is a Newsweek and Daily Beast...
...shouldn't every American have the right to see a doctor?’ 86-year-old Harris Wofford and former campaign manager Paul Begala led the toasts. Others in attendance included: Dan Wofford, David Wofford, Carrie Wofford, Eric Berman, Pat Ewing, Jim...
...cursing old men over cocktails. And he makes them seem like regular guys. Where else can you hear Paul Begala get called a "numbnuts" or someone like Joe Lieberman say, "May all your sabbaths be peaceful" with a coarse, genuine chuckle? Even after all...
...— but not considered a thinker. “He was not known as a particularly bright guy,” recalled Democratic strategist Paul Begala, who worked in Austin at the time. “But he was really charming and clearly a political talent.” “There were some guys...
...Opinion contributors include: John Avlon, senior political columnist for The Daily Beast; Democratic strategists and CNN political contributors Paul Begala and Donna Brazile; CNN contributor and Washington fellow of the Claremont Institute William...
...others of its kind, was essentially a liberal social reform designed to combat the profiteering habits of what Paul Begala would have called “Big Bread,” a la “Big Tobacco,” “Big Oil,” “Big This,” and even from time to time, “Big...
...Next Generation” by James Carville and Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza “Third Term: Why George W. Bush (Hearts) John McCain ” by Paul Begala “Speaking of Freedom: The Collected Speeches” by George H.W. Bush “President Ronald Reagan ‘s Initial...
...went on to Crossfire, where the daily routine consisted in pushing back on claims by James Carville and Paul Begala , both among the most intimidating debaters on the left. His most famous exhibition on the program was against future Most Trusted Man in...