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Paul Begala

Paul Begala is a Newsweek/Daily Beast columnist, a CNN contributor, an affiliated professor of public policy at Georgetown, and a senior adviser to Priorities USA Action, a progressive PAC.

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The Obama Scandals

Stop Calling Obama Aloof!

The president’s critics say he’s too detached. Paul Begala explores this ridiculous line of reasoning.

Paul Begala

articles/2013/01/22/a-new-obama/130121-different-president-begala-tease_gfbrl4
New Term, New Attitude

A Very Different President

<p>The Obama we saw yesterday is simply not the same politician who governed for the past four years. He’s a better one, says <i>Paul Begala</i>.</p>

Paul Begala

articles/2013/01/17/what-obama-should-say-on-monday/obamas-inauguration-speech-begala-tease_iocjze
NEW ADDRESS

What Obama Should Say on Monday

<p>Crafting an inaugural address in an age of cheap partisanship is no easy task. <i>Paul Begala</i> on how the president can rise to the challenge.</p>

Paul Begala

articles/2012/11/06/paul-begala-on-the-five-stages-of-gop-grief/romney-hq-mourns_bvkdmn
IT’S OVER

Five Stages of GOP Grief

Losing sucks—and healing is hard. Paul Begala offers advice to hurting Republicans.

Paul Begala

articles/2012/10/10/paul-begala-on-why-bill-clinton-s-still-got-the-magic/begala-clinton-magic-tease-embed_xb6rth
Bubba's Spark

Why Bill’s Still Got the Magic

Bill Clinton keeps knocking it out of the park. Paul Begala on how he does it.

Paul Begala

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Romney’s Epic Fail

It was the most important and difficult sales pitch of Mitt Romney’s life. And he blew it.

Paul Begala

articles/2012/08/11/paul-begala-on-how-with-ryan-romney-has-the-plutocrat-ticket/begela-ryan-romney-pick_u1nfn4

The Plutocrat Ticket

The choice of Paul Ryan for veep shows that Romney’s decided to go nuclear in the class war.

Paul Begala

articles/2012/08/11/billionaire-koch-brothers-fail-in-hitting-comedian-zach-galifianakis/koch-brothers-zach-galifianakis-cheat_bclz9z

No One Likes a Whiny Billionaire: The Koch Brothers Take on Zach Galifianakis

The Koch brothers should learn to take a joke. Attacking comedian Zach Galifianakis is a no-win proposition for the GOP sugar daddies, says Paul Begala.

Paul Begala

articles/2012/08/01/paul-begala-ted-cruz-and-texas-s-tea-party-revolution/begela-cruz-texas-revolution_hkhvhe
Too Liberal

Texas’s Tea Party Revolution

Ted Cruz’s Senate victory sends a message to the GOP establishment. By Paul Begala.

Paul Begala

articles/2012/07/29/paul-begala-on-george-w-bush-s-very-bad-economic-advice/begala-bush-economic-advice_crxz53
FOOL ME TWICE

Bush’s Very Bad Advice

Dubya has some thoughts on the economy. Too bad America would be better off without them.

Paul Begala

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