Paul Begala ✓

@PaulBegala · Washington, DC · joined 10 Aug 2011

CNN political contributor. Scholar at University of Virginia's Center for Politics. Counselor to Pres. Clinton. “Dopey flunky,” according to Trump. TX Longhorn

192 044Followers

2 109Following

51 015Posts total

244.8KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Paul Begala ✓@PaulBegala21 Jul

The brilliant @benwikler has a new book out today. I'm buying it. Why? Because I hate to lose and love to win. Ben is a winner all the way. His self-effacing Wisconsin Nice demeanor hides a frickin' political badass. https://t.co/dLGxSnnSJz https://t.co/Bp6rD8rzTc 6.6K views · 16 likes · 6 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →

Paul Begala ✓@PaulBegala15 Apr

Today’s reading is from the Book of Holes: “Verily, I say unto thee: when thou findest thyself in a hole, first thou shalt stop digging. This is the first commandment of holes.” Here endeth the lesson. https://t.co/O0SgBh2yU9 3.5K views · 31 likes · 9 reposts · 16 replies Open on X →

Paul Begala ✓@PaulBegala9 Apr

Thanks, @GovernorVA! https://t.co/CC8bNvuT0y

3.2K views · 8 likes · 1 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Paul Begala ✓@PaulBegala12 Mar

Dude, you know that I know that Pete Hegseth didn't eat $6 million worth of lobster. It's called humorous hyperbole - just like when I said, in that same answer, that Hegseth is "beautiful." For the record (and I can't believe I have to point this out for the literalists) I 28.1K views · 60 likes · 13 reposts · 666 replies Open on X →

Paul Begala ✓@PaulBegala17 Dec 2025

@PaulBegala He was the best of us. I love this framing. Thank you. 10.3K views · 77 likes · 1 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

Paul Begala ✓@PaulBegala17 Dec 2025

@PaulBegala Beautifully put, Paul. 9.3K views · 195 likes · 10 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Paul Begala ✓@PaulBegala16 Dec 2025

@PaulBegala https://t.co/WB8Ci976Up

2.5K views · 122 likes · 17 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Paul Begala ✓@PaulBegala16 Dec 2025

When I first heard Donald Trump viciously attacking Rob Reiner, it hurt. I loved Rob. But as I’ve thought about it, perhaps Trump’s attack was the ultimate validation of Rob’s activism. Darkness fears light. Evil despises good. Cruelty resents kindness. Posers dread talent. 181.3K views · 9.7K likes · 1.5K reposts · 485 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

1 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views6 592this account5 961median for 100K–1M

Reach, %3.43%this account1.61%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.44%this account1.03%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	6 592	5 961	1.11×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.43%	1.61%	2.13×
Engagement rate	0.44%	1.03%	0.43×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

181.3K16 Dec

2.5K

9.3K17 Dec

10.3K

28.1K12 Mar

3.2K9 Apr

3.5K15 Apr

6.6K21 Jul

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

6.45%16 Dec

5.66%

2.27%17 Dec

0.82%

2.63%12 Mar

0.40%9 Apr

1.62%15 Apr

0.44%21 Jul

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.03%.

What the audience does

Likes77.7%10 258 in total

Reposts11.5%1 519 in total

Replies9.0%1 193 in total

Bookmarks1.7%224 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.