Paul Begala: Newt Saying GOP Plan Is ‘Too Radical’ Is Like Paris Hilton Disliking Someone ‘Too Slutty’
Paul Begala joined Don Imus this morning and commented on the recent troubles for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Newt Gingrich. Begala felt Schwarzenegger and his family deserved privacy, but was absolutely loving the media attention Newt received, and even offered to pay his filing fee to confirm that he would still run for...
Bill Maher Ridicules GOP’s ‘Realistic’ List Of 2012 Presidential Candidates
Bill Maher took it upon himself on Real Time tonight to analyze George Will's prospective field of realistic Republican presidential candidates for 2012. In a development that will shock precisely no one, Maher didn't seem overly taken with the field - although in a somewhat more surprising turn, neither did one...
With GOP About To Take House, Paul Begala Asks ‘Is America Ready For An Orange Speaker?’
With the first results of the Midterms in, CNN turned to what Anderson Cooper called their "super-sized" political team and, in doing so, we got one of the first memorable quote of the night from Paul Begala. Asked about what he'd be looking for tonight, Begala responded that while the big question of 2008 was...
Paul Begala Likens Blumenthal Vietnam Fib To Condi Rice Calling Bush ‘My Husband’
Considering the "Randslide", the departure of 30-year veteran Senator Arlen Specter, and the fact that Chris Matthews was waxing poetic about the primaries way past midnight, this was a pretty uneventful Election Day, gaffe-wise. The one radiant exception to this came from Anderson Cooper's political team, where Democratic strategist Paul Begala took...
Paul Begala’s Take On Karl Rove Memoir: Grab The Jack Daniels
You'd expect James Carville to be the one that would use Karl Rove's new memoir as an excuse to remind everyone of a time he won an obscure, near-impossible political campaign, but it's his lifelong sidekick Paul Begala who is doing the honors this time around. Begala published his very best attempt at a fair...
Meghan McCain Reveals Dirty, Sexy Title of Her Upcoming Book
Haven't had your fill of books by sexy, polarizing conservative women with an inside view of John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign? Never fear, 2010 is here, and it's bringing Meghan McCain's "dirty, sexy" new book with it.
Soundbite: George Stephanopoulos On The Notorious West Wing Conference Call
George Stephanopoulos responds to the Politico story which reported that he, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel, and former Clinton advisers Paul Begala and James Carville share a daily, morning conference call. And a quote from the original story, which if read closely doesn't actually say the four are on the phone at...
Keith Olbermann Is Just Another Notch For Jon Stewart
Give credit where credit is due: Keith Olbermann's Friday apology, however slight, was a rare thing, indeed, in the world of political punditry. While I don't doubt that Keith had a true moment of self-recognition here, I'm also fairly certain that this apology was equal parts reflection and self-preservation. Will it be ...