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James Carville: “I guess. And you know what? There are going to be a lot of books written about this, and that was one of the things that…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2010
I guess. And you know what? There are going to be a lot of books written about this, and that was one of the things that I can't wait to find out in the book, is how we never found that, why no one just simply said, 'Do that.'
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville expresses frustration over the lack of action regarding the oil spill and anticipates future discussions on the topic.

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