Paul Begala
Paul Begala
Paul Edward Begalais an American political consultant and political commentator. He was an adviser to President Bill Clinton. Begala was a chief strategist for the 1992 Clinton–Gore campaign, which carried 33 states and made Clinton the first Democrat to win the White House in twelve years. As counselor to the President in the Clinton White House, he coordinated policy, politics, and communications...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth12 May 1961
CountryUnited States of America
Tonight, we sheathe our swords and join hands and work together to solve our nation's most difficult problems,
When all you had to do was punch a hole in the ground and strike oil, it was easy to have the highest high school dropout rate. But you can't drop out and invent a new microchip. Texas is changing, but the constant is hatred of government, and that's a mistake in the 21st century.
One of the problems we saw in the last presidential election in our party is that our nominee, while winning the election, which we ought never to forget, often lost sight of the difference between strategy and tactics.
I don't like being a voyeur, looking into other people's marriages.
Most politicians, when they meet with a guy like me, or a guy like Carville, tell you about how they can win.
My view was that the campaign had been a sacred thing, that it had been a real compact, because I was there and I saw the connection that Clinton made with people, and the connection that they made with him.
Again and again, I've seen Bush turn a blind eye as his henchmen have leveled zealous attacks against his political enemies - assaults which the president himself has sometimes directly encouraged.
If it was about lying under oath - we actually know that Clinton certainly was deceptive, as most people would be about their sex lives - but, in fact, he did not lie.
This gets back to the fundamental lesson of political survival that Bill Clinton taught me, which is if you make it about the American people's lives instead of your life, you're going to be okay.
Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kinda cool.
It must kill George Bush that John McCain is the most popular and Beloved Republican in America.
Always attack, Never defend.
It taught me that Clinton's instinct to make this about your life as a citizen, rather than his as a human being, was the right answer to these things.
See, I think if it just became who's sleeping with whom, then there's no reason to prefer one party over the other, 'cause the truth is we're all sinners.