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James Carville: “Well, that is why the president is up six points in the last poll, because the Catholics are bleeding.”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2012
Well, that is why the president is up six points in the last poll, because the Catholics are bleeding.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville discusses the impact of the Catholic vote on the president's poll numbers.

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