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Paul Begala Esq.


Self Description

October 2006: "Paul Begala, along with James Carville, serves as a political contributor and Democratic strategist on CNN's The Situation Room.

Begala was formerly co-host of Crossfire, CNN’s political debate program. He first entered the national political scene after his consulting firm, Carville & Begala, helped elect President Bill Clinton in 1992. Serving in the Clinton administration as counselor to the president, he helped define and defend the administration's agenda and served as the principal public spokesman.

Carville & Begala's other well-known electoral successes include the 1991 Senate victory of Harris Wofford in Pennsylvania, the 1990 gubernatorial victories of Georgia's Zell Miller and Pennsylvania's Robert P. Casey and the 1998 re-election of Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey.

Previously, Begala co-hosted with Oliver North MSNBC's political talk show, Equal Time. Author of the best-selling book Is Our Children Learning?: The Case Against George W. Bush, he also recently co-authored the current best-seller Buck Up, Suck Up and Come Back When You Foul Up with Carville. Begala helped John F. Kennedy, Jr. launch George magazine, where he served as a contributing editor and wrote the Capital Hillbilly column. He has also written numerous articles and op-eds for numerous publications.

A native of Texas, Begala earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas, where he taught before his work at the White House. After leaving the Clinton administration, Begala joined Georgetown University's staff as a research professor of government and public policy."

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/begala.paul.html

Third-Party Descriptions

September 2006: "...Paul Begala and James Carville, Democratic commentators for CNN, engaged in more than five minutes of high-decibel debate on Fox with Bill O’Reilly about Mr. Clinton’s appearance, daring Mr. O’Reilly to “come out of the closet” and admit Fox News is a “right-leaning, anti-Clinton network.”"

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/weekinreview/01manley.html

Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Member of (past or present) Democratic Party / Democratic National Committee (DNC) Organization Oct 3, 2006
Opponent (past or present) Fox News Organization Oct 3, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Georgetown University Organization Oct 3, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) University of Texas - Austin Organization Oct 3, 2006
Colleague/Co-worker of (past or present) James Carville Esq. Person Oct 3, 2006
Advisor/Consultant to (past or present) Gov. Robert P. Casey Person Oct 3, 2006
Advisor/Consultant to (past or present) President William ("Bill") Jefferson Clinton Person Oct 3, 2006
Advisor/Consultant to (past or present) Senator Frank R. Lautenberg Person Oct 3, 2006
Advisor/Consultant to (past or present) Sen. Zell Miller Person Oct 3, 2006
Colleague/Co-worker of (past or present) Lt. Col. Oliver North Person Oct 3, 2006

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
Nov 03, 2008 Racists for Obama: Plenty of white bigots will vote for Barack Obama on Tuesday. There are some things they fear more than black people.

QUOTE: Though our biases may be the result of some hard-wiring, we can choose not to express them, or not to let them get the best of us. Maybe that’s why when people do cling to their prejudices, they have a hard time defending them. The cause may have a scientific explanation, but the justifications we give to racism are largely irrational.

 Salon
Sep 30, 2006 In Taking On Fox, Democrats See Reward in the Risk

QUOTE: Though Fox News maintains that its reporting is down the middle, Democrats have long complained that the news channel operates like a public relations outpost of the Bush White House. But never before has that anger built into a mad-as-hell-and-not-going-to-take-it-any-more moment, and spilled over in such naked and sustained fashion onto Fox News itself.

 New York Times