Paul Begala
Another Shot at Penn
At an event in New York this morning former Bill Clinton aide Paul Begala sharply criticized Mark Penn. One attendee who I spoke with today added that Begala, employing a Cajun accent, also quoted a swipe taken by Jim Carville at the now former chief strategist.
'How come the guy who calls himself chief strategist doesn't have a strategy?' said Begala, channeling Carville, according to the attendee.
More on Imus
Some more comments on Don Imus' return to radio that didn't make it into the print story...
Bob Kerrey, New School president and former U.S. senator, told The Observer he'd go back on the show. "Look he apologized and he paid the price. Did Isiah Thomas apologize yet?"
Democratic political consultant Paul Begala said he'd go back too. "I shoot my mouth off all the time. If there was a death penalty for that I would have lost my job a long time ago … I am Catholic, we forgive the sin when asked to."
Brill's Content founder Steve Brill agreed. "If you think about Imus' show and Imus' appeal for the last four or five years, I think it had almost nothing to do with making comments like that racist comment. I think he can be every bit as provocative without getting into that kind of trouble. For example, he habitually calls Senator Clinton 'satan'. He can do that. It’s fair game. It’s funny."
Washington on the Hudson
And they sound pretty pleased about it.
According to a press release, issued this afternoon by the Ferrer campaign, Mr. Clanton not only "played a critical role" in helping develop the Kerry's camp's notoriously sluggish (oops, we meant lightening-fast) rapid response operation, but he's also "run campaigns" with those grand pooh-bahs of Washington insiderdom James Carville and Paul Begala (who was also, apparently, Mr. Clanton's professor at the University of Texas once upon a time.)
The press release continues: "In 2002, Clanton managed the Alex Sanders for U.S. Senate campaign in South Carolina. And during the 2000 presidential campaign for Al Gore, Clanton ran the communications operation in Michigan for the Democratic Coordinated Campaign." read more »
The Ferrer camp's big Beltway hire comes, of course, as the Bloomberg campaign continues to buy up every spare political operative in New York City who hasn't been nailed down. And even some who have.
So welcome to New York, Mr. Clanton. We'll see you at Mayrose.Baz Luhrmann, Preparing Bohème , Gets a Little Advice From Duchin
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