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James Carville: “A little bit of a sense I have is how F'reret Street goes, how goes New Orleans. Because it's a place that, it can make…”

On the recordAugust 26, 2009
A little bit of a sense I have is how F'reret Street goes, how goes New Orleans. Because it's a place that, it can make a comeback and it is.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville discusses the resilience and recovery of New Orleans post-Katrina, using F'reret Street as a metaphor.

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