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James Carville: “Well, the idea is to win an election. I think that that they could pay down the debt or whatever, but you want to win…”

On the recordJune 26, 2008
Well, the idea is to win an election. I think that that they could pay down the debt or whatever, but you want to win the election.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville highlights the importance of winning the election over other considerations like paying down campaign debt.

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