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On the recordDecember 16, 2009
Let's wait to see next summer as we go into the election and we start seeing some growth in this economy, and he'll be able to take credit and be able to play all the people that said what he was doing would never work.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville anticipates economic growth leading up to the elections, suggesting that Obama will be able to take credit for it.

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