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Paul Begala

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

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St. Petersburg Times, October 13, 2009
...this post. I am laughing because the opinion piece that is Politifact has managed to be ridiculed by Paul Begala and John Stewart - 2 of the most partisan lefties on television. Question: Which award has less esteem in the eyes of the American Public - a...
Huffington Post, September 11, 2009
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Human Events Online, August 18, 2009
...Time, Inc. functionaries. He came to believe that when ?Crossfire? began featuring political characters like James Carville and Paul Begala, it trivialized his journalistic presence. He hated to lose ?Capital Gang,? but was just as happy to see...
Human Events Online, August 18, 2009
...Time, Inc. functionaries. He came to believe that when ?Crossfire? began featuring political characters like James Carville and Paul Begala, it trivialized his journalistic presence. He hated to lose ?Capital Gang,? but was just as happy to see...
PublishersWeekly.com, November 24, 2008
...is the Michiko Kakutani reviewing it in rhyme. A delicious moment TheDailyBeast.com has an interesting piece by Paul Begala on how the President-elect might be influenced by how FDR handled the outgoing Hoover administrationhe basically ignored them...
PublishersWeekly.com, November 21, 2008
...is the Michiko Kakutani reviewing it in rhyme. A delicious moment TheDailyBeast.com has an interesting piece by Paul Begala on how the President-elect might be influenced by how FDR handled the outgoing Hoover administrationhe basically ignored them...
PublishersWeekly.com, November 21, 2008
...is the Michiko Kakutani reviewing it in rhyme. A delicious moment TheDailyBeast.com has an interesting piece by Paul Begala on how the President-elect might be influenced by how FDR handled the outgoing Hoover administrationhe basically ignored them...
Sweetness & Light, July 31, 2009
...Band. Doesn’t everyone want to be able to play that sweet guitar solo from ‘Blue Sky’?” Paul Begala – CNN political contributor and former adviser to President Bill Clinton “I would give our president the one thing he probably wants most...
Lydia Cornell, May 11, 2009
...Majority Leader; Presidential candidates, Pulitzer Prize winner Charlie Savage; MSNBC's Pat Buchanan, former Reagan advisor; CNN's Paul Begala, former Clinton advisor; Bill Press, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Sen. John Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards,...
Lydia Cornell, May 8, 2009
...Majority Leader; Presidential candidates, Pulitzer Prize winner Charlie Savage; MSNBC's Pat Buchanan, former Reagan advisor; CNN's Paul Begala, former Clinton advisor; Bill Press, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Sen. John Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards,...
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias, May 7, 2009
...has the commentary "Cheney says U.S. can torture but can't heal" by the always impartial Paul Begala. This week Bloomberg.com published "Cheney’s Smirk Takes Us to ‘Dark Side’ Again."   In The New York Times, Al Hunt's Letter...
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Lydia Cornell, April 15, 2009
...Majority Leader; Presidential candidates, Pulitzer Prize winner Charlie Savage; MSNBC's Pat Buchanan, former Reagan advisor; CNN's Paul Begala, former Clinton advisor; Bill Press, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Sen. John Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards, Congressman...
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Firedoglake, December 27, 2008
...best friends, Cliff Schecter, David Sirota, Glenn Greenwald, Thom Hartmann, Eric Alterman, Matt Taibbi, Amy Goodman, John Podesta, Paul Begala, Arianna Huffington, and others. Looking over these titles has brought out a lot of memories, of the books and...