Meghan McCain v. Paul Begala: Pwnership or Kneejerk Nuking? You Decide

I like Paul Begala a lot. During the election his analysis was relatively solid. When he stood up to the Bob Novaks or Bill O'Reillys of the world, he would almost always clearly made the fools across the table from him look like fools. But using the same WWE-style rhetoric on Meghan McCain, no matter how annoying her play of the I'm-young-and-know-so-little card, seems like a mistake by Begala. I would much rather hear him take on a more patient tone and use a strategy designed to let McCain explore what it is she's trying to say. She's not intellectually dishonest, not yet anyway, and that deserves... something. It just feels like Begala missed a chance at a bigger moment here.



Tommy Christopher and Betty Cracker also posted about the exchange.