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.

I am convinced that the reason so many fans leave Dodger Stadium after the seventh inning is that they become bored.

The American people need no course in philosophy or political science of church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman.

I prefer to stay poor.