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James Carville: “You know, Erick Erickson, our colleague at CNN, pointed he can't carry the south, he can't carry evangelicals, he can't…”

On the recordMarch 6, 2012
You know, Erick Erickson, our colleague at CNN, pointed he can't carry the south, he can't carry evangelicals, he can't carry blue-collar voters. I mean, he's got a real problem with basic constituencies in the Republican Party.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville highlights Romney's struggles to connect with key voter demographics within the Republican Party.

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