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...think Leon Panetta is a terrific choice ... He's just a terrific guy. He's got a good sense of humor, and he's got a really good sense of the American people and what they want." -- Clinton adviser Paul Begala, commenting on Leon Panetta's appointment as White House chief of staff...
...Begala felt as if he were from a different country than some of the senior Clinton officials ... The worst of them, Begala felt, was Leon Panetta, the former congressman from Carmel Valley. Begala felt that of all 435 congressional districts, Panetta's was least representative of America -- the pure, elitist, unreal world of California dreaming. Panetta seemed to love talking about nothing more than deficit reduction ... In private, ((Begala)) began applying a new label to the budget director: 'The Poster Boy for ) Economic Constipation."' -- from Bob Woodward's The Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House
...made their money since they've been working with him. The move comes after a G.O.P. Congressman attempted to introduce legislation requiring such disclosure to determine if influential counselors were making money lobbying the government. The four consultants affected by the directive include campaign gurus James Carville and Paul Begala as well as pollster Stan Greenberg and Mandy Grunwald. They say they have nothing to hide...
...Clinton adviser Paul Begala, who works closely with Greenberg, insists that polls don't dictate policy. "This Administration uses polls as feedback, not to chart a course," he protests. "Polls tell us whether what we're doing to communicate is working." And as an activist President who won office with less than half the vote, Clinton has even more reason to fear losing touch with public sentiment...
Aides preparing Clinton for his CBS interview last week began with a blunt sample question, phrased by political adviser Paul Begala: "Your health-care reform is in trouble, the polls look bad, ((Senate Republican leader Bob)) Dole says your plan is dead." (Actually, Dole carefully qualified his statement, saying "in its present form.") The President's response, says Begala, "was all energy, energy, energy. To Clinton the notion that he's getting into trouble is invigorating." The President and Hillary Rodham Clinton plan an intensified grass-roots campaign to build public support. Bill Clinton gave an example Wednesday by phoning...