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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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Mar 3, 2010

They have a big move afoot in the Republican National Committee to rename my party as the Democrat Socialist Party of the United States.

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Feb 21, 2010

I think there's a difference, but there are a lot of people that do agree with Glenn Beck.

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Feb 21, 2010

I think there's a message in here. I think it says something about the conservative movement in the United States.

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Feb 21, 2010

I think they got a lot of nutty people in it. That's what I think.

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Feb 7, 2010

Now, Anderson, you just -- I have to go back and think of those days in September of 2005, sitting at my house in Northern Virginia, watching you down here for the time, and just sitting there, just wondering what was going to ever happen…

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Feb 7, 2010

But there are other wonderful things that are happening here. We had a great mayor's race. Our schoolchildren are most improved, of our young scholars, most improved test scores in the country. So there's some great things happening here.

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Feb 7, 2010

I don't know. I'd vote for him. As far as I'm concerned, he can do whatever he wants.

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Feb 7, 2010

There are some great things going on. We had a great mayor's race. Our school children are the most improved of our young scholars, most improved test scores in the country.

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Feb 4, 2010

It's hard to think of New Orleans, Louisiana, when I'm thinking of our guests here.

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Feb 4, 2010

Brought the city together in ways that was always assumed we were divided by race, a divided city.

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Feb 4, 2010

The Saints had an effect on audiences, they're more enthusiastic now. Can you feel it?

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Jan 10, 2010

Well, I think that he probably was inelegant to tell a reporter that. But I think it's a very important distinction to make, that he was giving not his personal views just like endorsing President Obama but he's giving what he thought the…

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Dec 29, 2009

Somebody needs to swing at the end of a rope here. I don't mean literally. I mean, somebody's got to lose their job over this, or something's got to happen.

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Dec 29, 2009

Just because you don't go out and run your mouth every day, and you sit and you do the job, that's fine with me.

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Dec 29, 2009

Let's get to the bottom of it, and then -- look, somebody needs to swing at the end of a rope here.

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Dec 29, 2009

Yes, I'm for finding out who's responsible. It might be some -- I don't know who it is, but let's find out what the facts are and address them.

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Dec 29, 2009

Just -- I think there's this thing, just because you don't go out and run your mouth every day and you sit and you do the job, that's fine with me.

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Dec 29, 2009

The president said there was a systemic breakdown. I thought that was a very smart and courageous thing to say.

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Dec 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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Dec 16, 2009

When President Obama took office, we were losing 400,000 or 500,000 jobs a month. Now we're down to losing 11,000. The confidence in the economy has gone up.

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Dec 16, 2009

If this thing doesn't come through, it will be viewed as a setback for the president. But presidents have setbacks, and I suspect that he'll be able to recover from that.

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Dec 16, 2009

You know, look, the health care debate has been long. It's coming to a conclusion here, and you've got people disagreeing. The problem, as David Axelrod can count to 60 and so can Harry Reid. And if you can't get to 60 votes you can't get…

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Nov 17, 2009

I think that the -- the military community is going to be -- heads are going to be spinning a lot more than any liberals right now.

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