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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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Jan 5, 2011

They might not have been the only ones but they got a good bit of it.

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Jan 5, 2011

We need tens of millions of dollars at least on research, maybe hundreds of millions, so this thing is a long way from over.

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Jan 5, 2011

That's his job. He's the speaker of the House. They have the Republican majority. They have the Republican whip. Why do you think they call it a whip? Because he goes and whips people in line.

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Jan 5, 2011

It is very doubtful. One of the things that the history of the constitution has actually filed an Article of Confederation. It came into being to establish a strong federal government.

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Jan 5, 2011

You can't do it with oil companies buying off regulators. You can't do it with oil companies acting irresponsible and not wanting to be held accountable.

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Jan 5, 2011

We need really good regulation down here and we need very, very aggressive plaintiff's law that hold everybody's feet to the fire.

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Jan 5, 2011

You can amend the constitution out of the founding fathers, presumed in their wisdom I think has two-thirds of the Congress and three-quarters of the state legislature.

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Jan 5, 2011

I see it as one of these things that people are going to, you know, continue to talk about.

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Jan 5, 2011

I think that Commissioner Riley and Senator Graham, are conscientious patriotic people and I give them -- and I'm anxious to see when the full report comes out.

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Dec 12, 2010

House Democrats have to say this is doubling down on failure.

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Dec 12, 2010

I can't -- it's breathtaking. We live on two different planets.

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Dec 12, 2010

I don't think it's about tax cuts people making over $250,000 a year, the tax on estate over $5 million a year.

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Dec 12, 2010

Well, he campaigned on extending them for the middle class. I don't know. I think the Republicans may get hurt slightly. Elections have consequences and one of the consequences of this election if you're a rich person, you did very well.

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Dec 12, 2010

I think that's something that we're going to have to slug it out on.

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Dec 12, 2010

The Democrats lost this election. We'll see where it goes. The President has to make the case.

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Dec 12, 2010

Elections have consequences and one of the consequences of this election if you're a rich person, you did very well. I think they should make the argument that the Republicans are doubling down on failure.

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Nov 18, 2010

I contributed to this president. I voted for him. I support him. I still support him.

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Nov 18, 2010

I don't know, because I'm the guy on the campaign that said if Hillary gave him one of her balls, they'd both have two.

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Nov 18, 2010

I thought that the president should be tough on these banks and that's about what it is.

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Nov 18, 2010

I think that we obviously were forced to deal with the fact that American finance had come close to and maybe still has, will wreck the world economy, and I just don't think that they've been tough enough on these bankers.

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Nov 18, 2010

I think the policy has proven to be that the only thing he can do when you have this kind of thing that they're confronted with.

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Nov 18, 2010

I also was critical of the message that was coming out where they said that the economic program was working as opposed to we're fighting every day against interest and interest in the Republican Party between the captains of banking, who…

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Nov 18, 2010

But that doesn't mean that I'm -- can't be sort of critical of things when I see something. I'm doing my job.

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