Paul Begala
Paul Begala | |
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Counselor to the President | |
In office August 17, 1997 – March 10, 1999 | |
President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Bill Curry |
Succeeded by | Ann Lewis |
Personal details | |
Born | Paul Edward Begala May 12, 1961 New Jersey, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Diane Friday |
Children | 4 |
Residence(s) | Virginia, U.S. |
Education | University of Texas at Austin (BA, JD) |
Paul Edward Begala (born May 12, 1961) is an American political consultant and political commentator, best known as the former advisor to President Bill Clinton.
Begala was a chief
Begala gained national prominence as part of the
Early life and education
Begala was born in
He earned both his
Career
Begala, along with business partner
Aside from the 1992 presidential election, Begala and Carville had other well-known political victories including the
He was a contributor to
From 1999 until its cancellation in 2000, Begala co-hosted the political debate show
As an author and co-author, Begala has written five political books: Is Our Children Learning?: The Case Against George W. Bush; Buck Up, Suck Up and Come Back When You Foul Up (with James Carville); It's Still the Economy Stupid; and Third Term: Why George W. Bush (Hearts) John McCain.
He was an early supporter of
On January 12, 2008, Begala appeared on NPR's radio show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, playing the game Not My Job. He won by answering two out of three questions correctly.
Begala was a consultant in the service of mortgage lender Freddie Mac, an arrangement that ended in September 2008.[7]
Begala is currently a CNN political commentator and a research professor of public policy at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy.
He is a member of the board of directors of Democratic Majority for Israel, an organization that promotes U.S.-Israel cooperation and whose political arm, DMFI PAC, ran attack ads against Senator Bernie Sanders's candidacy before the 2020 presidential election.[8][9]
Looking back at his career and the U.S. political scene, Begala has remarked that a "presidential campaign is like a film. It never comes together until it's scored and tracked".[10]
Personal life
Begala and his wife, Diane Friday, have four sons. They currently live in Virginia.[11]
Begala is
Bibliography
- Is Our Children Learning?: The Case Against ISBN 0-7432-1478-1
- It's Still the Economy, Stupid: George W. Bush, The GOP's CEO, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. ISBN 0-7432-4647-0
- Third Term: Why George W. Bush (Hearts) ISBN 1-4391-0213-9
- You're Fired: The Perfect Guide to Beating Donald Trump, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2020. ISBN 1-9821-6004-7
Co-authored with James Carville
- Buck Up, Suck Up... and Come Back When You Foul Up: 12 Winning Secrets from the War Room, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. ISBN 0-7432-2422-1
- Take It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. ISBN 0-7432-7752-X
References
- ^ Grove, Lloyd (November 5, 1992). "Nailing the Lid on the GOP; Clinton Strategist Paul Begala Learned His Politics at the Hardware Store". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
- ISBN 9781439102138– via Internet Archive.
- ^ SG helps foster future leaders Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, The Daily Texan, April 19, 2004; accessed February 5, 2008.
- ^ "PAUL BEGALA TRANSCRIPT". Conversations with Bill Kristol. The Foundation for Constitutional Government. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ "Paul Begala on Conversations with Bill Kristol".
- ^ Bernstein, Paula (December 17, 2000). "MSNBC is out of 'Time'". Variety.
- ^ Calmes, Jackie; Kirkpatrick, David D. "McCain Aide's Firm Was Paid by Freddie Mac", New York Times, September 23, 2008; accessed November 8, 2008.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Democratic Majority for Israel. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ Lisa Lerer; Sydney Ember (28 January 2020). "Pro-Israel Democratic Super PAC to Air Attack Ads Against Bernie Sanders". The New York Times (published 2020-01-28). Archived from the original on 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "Take It Easy, Baby". National Review. 28 June 2011.
- ^ Halperin, Mark; David Chalian, Teddy Davis, Sarah Baker, Jonathan Greenberger, Katie Hinman, Emily O'Donnell, Mike Westling, Dan Nechita. "The Note: Gang of 1", ABC News, February 15, 2006.
- ^ "I'm observant Catholic. Wearing ashes. Just referring to Santo's weird Satan speech. MT". Twitter.
External links
- Paul Begala at the Huffington Post
- Paul Begala at the group blog TPMCafe
- Paul Begala at IMDb
- Appearances on C-SPAN