Paul Begala offered up an apology of sorts on the Huffington Post for his flippant criticism of the DNC's 50 State Strategy, although he also renewed his more general criticism of the DNC's current burn rate under Howard Dean's leadership.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-begal a/bringing-a-knife-to-a-gun_b_21275.html

On the plus side, Begala actually offered affirmative support for a 50 State Strategy, noting that:

<It turns out I was wrong when I fingered the DNC's State Party subsidy program, wherein Washington pays for state party organizers, for this disparity. After a little checking, I've learned from reliable sources that the State Party program costs about $8 million>

However, Begala also noted that he doesn't understand where the remainder of the $74 Million that the DNC has raised has gone.  

This last point actually strikes me as a valid question, as the amount that the DNC has spent to date really does far exceed historic spending levels.  If this money is simply being pumped into long-ignored political infrastructure, then I don't have any problem with the DNC's actions.  If, however, the cash has gone to and expanded DNC beurocracy and increased consultant spending (as Begala implies) then I think Howard Dean does have some questions to answer.  

I'd be curious to here what others think about this.