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James Carville: “You want to have a framework that the candidate can go back to, and you want to practice pivoting.”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2004
You want to have a framework that the candidate can go back to, and you want to practice pivoting.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

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Discussing debate strategies for candidates.

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