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James Carville

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James Carville is a prominent American political consultant and commentator, best known for his role as the lead strategist for Bill Clinton's successful 1992 presidential campaign. A member of the Democratic Party, Carville has been influential in shaping modern campaign strategies and is recognized for his ability to connect with voters. He was born on March 25, 1944, in Louisiana, where he has remained a significant figure in both state and national politics. Carville is also known for his engaging personality and sharp wit, often appearing in media to discuss political issues and strategies.

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Oct 25, 2020

Of course it should be handled better. We have a hodgepodge system.

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Oct 25, 2020

I think we have great upside potential in Texas.

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Oct 25, 2020

It's the pandemic, stupid.

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Oct 22, 2020

The suburban and urban turnout, in particular the Atlanta Metro is going to be off the charts.

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Oct 22, 2020

When you tell people that can't vote, you try to stop them. You just want to make them -- they want to vote more.

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Oct 22, 2020

I do think, I do think. Yes, I think we're going to have a good idea but fairly early on election night.

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Oct 12, 2020

Well, one thing that voter suppression does is, you know, it's very big in African American yesterday, the right to vote. I mean, John Lewis from Selma to Montgomery.

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Oct 12, 2020

I think Democrats is going to be very, very competitive with Texas. Yes, I do think that we're going to flip the Senate and I have been this way for a long time and I think we're going to have a very joyous and excellent election night.

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Oct 12, 2020

When you try to stop people in voting, they're going to wait in line for four and a half hours. And Brian, Georgia -- I think that Biden is going to carry Georgia and Georgia is going to go from a red state to a blue state, it is not even…

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Oct 12, 2020

Absolutely. We'll have Florida in election night. We'll have North Carolina in. But three counties that I could look at and say. I think a good bit of Georgia be in, so Ohio. We're going to know not only we're going to know election night…

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Oct 12, 2020

If we go to close in November with anything close to a level playing field, it's going to be a Democratic wipeout.

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Oct 8, 2020

They're running away from Trump like the Devil runs away from holy water.

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Oct 8, 2020

He is not -- Donald Trump is not trying to win this race.

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Sep 29, 2020

I would hate to accumulate keynote years of experience that this panel has, you and the full members of the panel, all of us have seen a lot our live. We're totally ill equipped to comment on something like this because there's nothing in…

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Sep 22, 2020

I think that Biden needs to not make this debate about him, that me and Donald Trump and make it about them. And I mean, American people, and people already know what they think of Trump.

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Sep 22, 2020

First of all, they need to point out that this case can be heard on November 10, will likely take away preexisting conditions that exist for hundreds of thousands of Americans. That's the big thing they have to -- they have to do.

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Sep 22, 2020

This election is remotely close, they will steal it and a Supreme Court will welcome (ph). But let's not forget just century started with Jim Steele and Rice in part. They stopped an ongoing vote count and getting the election to Bush…

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Sep 22, 2020

This is going to be the end of preexisting condition. This is going to be end of workers having any ability to bargain or negotiate, any kind of safety, OSHA, anything like that. It's all going to be gone. This is a blatant power grab.

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Sep 15, 2020

If Vice President Biden just sticks to the fundamentals, talks about raising minimum wage, talks about bringing prescription drug costs down, talks about expanding infrastructure, talks about health care costs, it can fail COVID response…

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Sep 15, 2020

He's desperate because he knows he's going to lose it may lose, quite frankly, Brian, in my opinion, he's gone to jail.

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Sep 15, 2020

This is a president that attacks fallen soldiers. This is a president that has lived I don't know, 21,214 times.

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Sep 15, 2020

I mean, the first rule you learn in politics is you don't, you know, dismiss ordinary people.

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Sep 15, 2020

I'm very optimistic that we're going to have a good election, but we just got to stay focused on the issues and we'll stay focused on people's lives.

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Sep 1, 2020

I do feel confident that the United States is dissatisfied with the current state of American politics. And I feel very confident that they're anxious to make a change.

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Sep 1, 2020

I think there's a significant chance he doesn't run. I mean, this thing is going so poorly, he's so far back, it doesn't even -- to me, it doesn't make much sense for him to run.

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