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On the recordApril 8, 2012
Well, I mean, first of all, they're just not going to -- they're not going to say, do you like this economy or not, because we know the answer to that. Do you want to go back to the economy we had before? And that Romney is doubling down and trickle down. That Romney wants to get more taxes to wealthy people, who didn't want to get out of Iraq, you know, he favors cutting programs that favor the middle class, sure.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

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Carville discusses the challenges the Obama campaign faces in addressing the economy and critiques Romney's policies.

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