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James Carville: “I don't think negative -- again, the negative ads, to the extent that they were going to be effective -- and -- and, as…”

On the recordOctober 31, 2006
I don't think negative -- again, the negative ads, to the extent that they were going to be effective -- and -- and, as I said earlier, 70 percent don't even matter.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville discusses the effectiveness of negative ads, stating that most do not have an impact.

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