I haven't seen one in action myself, but from what I have heard and read, paladins are doing GREAT in Beta. But it is also likely that they will be tone down before launch, see the following quote, a question to Tom Chilton.
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What about the paladin, is there any plans to nerf the DPS Paladin's damage from what it is on beta servers now?
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T.C. - We are just now beginning on going through the heavy tuning phase, we really don't do that until the end of the beta generally, where we start going through all of the classes and finding the things that are way out of balance and there's no doubt right now that the ret paladins are doing a lot more damage than what we would expect.
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Actually, I don't know how I feel about this. I think the respectable changes made to Ret Pallies throughout BC is the right direction. However, the aspect of a Ret Pally maintaining high burst/dps output while immune for 12 secs is pretty wrong.
The way that Wrath of the Lich King is shaping up, you have a Ret Pally that has a strong immune mechanic, a high controlled DPS and burst output, and now with strong healing abilities. God Mode? :-)