Hey everybody, great one today, you know, for a change.

I know you're thinking, Al, you say that every week and it's never true.

And I will acknowledge that and I figure something out, which is that I should wait until I've done the interview to decide whether it's any good or not.

So that's exactly one I'm going to do starting next week.

But I have every reason to believe that finally, finally I'm going to have a great one because

Paul Bagala is my guest.

Jesus, Al, how did you get Paul Magala?

Well, I'll tell you a little secret.

When we book my guests, we send them a sample reel to show, and it's heavily edited.

So what they'll get is, hey, everybody, we've got a great one today.

Jeffrey Tubman is my guest.

Hey, everybody, we've got a great one today.

Steve Schmidt is my guest.

Hey, everybody, we've got a great one today. Sarah Silverman is my

guest. Hey everybody, we've got a great one today. Michelle Obama is my guest. And no, we have not

had Michelle Obama, but they don't know that. So today I have the legendary Paul Begall. And by all

rights, this very well could be our first great one.

You all know, Paul, of course, as the stable half of the political consulting team of Bagal and Carville

that catapulted an obscure taciturned candidate Bill Clinton to the presidency in 1992 and then

reelected him by a wide margin in 1996.

And after that, Paul did a three-year stint as co-hosts on Crossfire with National Treasure

Tucker Carlson.

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