James Carville actually said...

"The country has decided that it wants to change the direction. I think that his mature, big pick of Senator Harris demonstrates how willing Joe Biden is to embrace change."

"This is a historically, really significant pick. This is like Kennedy picking Lyndon Johnson or Reagan picking George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton picking Al Gore."

"This was a confident choice. This demonstrated Joe Biden's confidence in himself, it was a big choice."

"I mean, you can't be a birther -- there's no explanation for birtherism that doesn't -- that you're willing to explain racism."