On the recordMay 21, 2009
I don't know if they can be hurt any more than they are. There's something like 22 percent of them left in the country.
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transcripts.cnn.comJames Carville: “I don't know if they can be hurt any more than they are. There's something like 22 percent of them left in the country.”
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Carville comments on the Republican Party's low approval ratings and suggests they can't get much worse.
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