Paul Begala

Politics is show business for ugly people.

Most politicians, when they meet with a guy like me, or a guy like Carville, tell you about how they can win.

But I think what happened was that Clinton knew how to fight back. And the way he fought back was on the issues - being tough in staying on the things that mattered to people in their lives.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Every Democrat on Capitol Hill professes to be a fiscal hawk.

It's easier to forgive those who hurt you than those who hurt the people you love.