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Paul Begala (born May 12, 1961) was a counselor to President Bill Clinton. He gained national prominence as half of the political consulting team Carville and Begala. He is currently a co-host of CNN's Crossfire and is Research Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University Public Policy Institute.Paul Begala burst onto the political scene when he, along with partner James Carville, helped elect then- governor of Arkansas Clinton to the presidency in 1992. After working on Clinton's campaign, Begala served as a consultant to the President. As an aide to the President, Paul helped defend the Clinton-Gore agenda and served as their main public spokesperson.
Aside from the 1992 presidential election, Begala and Carville have had other well-known political victories which include the 1991 Senate victory of Harris Wofford, the 1990 gubernatorial victories of Zell Miller and Robert Casey and the 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting re-election campaign of incumbent Senator Frank LautenbergFrank Lautenberg at a Press Conference in Washington Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (born January 23, 1924) is an American politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is a United States Senator from New Jersey serving from 1983 to 2001 and since 2003.
Before becoming a co-host of Crossfire, Begala co-hosted a show, Equal Time, with Oliver NorthMarine Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North (born October 7, 1943) is a former United States Marine, White House aide, and radio talk show host. He is most famous for his role in the Iran-Contra Affair. North was born in San Antonio, Texas and attended the Sta on MSNBCMSNBC ( Microsoft & National Broadcasting Company) is a 24-hour news channel in the United States. It is available in over 76 million households in the U. and broadcasts primarily out of its studios in Secaucus, New Jersey. History Launched on July 15, 19. He also was a contributor to John F. Kennedy Jr.'s political magazine GeorgeGeorge was a glossy politics-as-lifestyle monthly magazine founded by John F. Kennedy, Jr. and publisher Hachette Filipacchi Media in New York City in 1995. When it first appeared, it attracted great interest, partly due to the celebrity status of Kennedy in the late 1990's.
As an author and co-author, Begala has written a handful of best selling political books. His writings include: Is Our Children Learning?: The Case Against George W. Bush, Buck Up, Suck Up and Come Back When You Foul Up, and It's Still the Economy Stupid .
Begala was born in New JerseyNew Jersey is a state of the United States of America and has the U. postal abbreviation of NJ . The state is named after the island of Jersey in the English Channel. The USS New Jersey one of the most decorated vessels in the United States Navy, was name and raised in TexasTexas joined the United States of America as its 28th member state in 1845. It has the postal abbreviation TX . The state name derives from a word in a Caddoan language of the Hasinai, tejas meaning friends or allies Spanish explorers mistakenly applied t. He earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas, where he taught briefly before going to work for President Clinton.
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