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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 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

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 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

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

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

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 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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Nov 17, 2009

If you're a Muslim or whatever you are, you're a Marine first.

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Nov 17, 2009

I'm merely pointing out how powerful she is in the Republican Party.

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Nov 2, 2009

They will get slaughtered. And maybe one of the reasons that his health care approval is at 42 percent is people are saying, why -- he hasn't got anything done yet.

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Oct 26, 2009

Well, I mean, I think that's one thing that -- obviously that's one thing that you're going to want to look at.

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Oct 26, 2009

There's no doubt the Republicans are doing better. We're not going to win three elections in a row. That's not going to happen.

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Oct 26, 2009

Yes, I think it's going to be troubling. I don't think it's going to be the be-all or end-all.

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Oct 20, 2009

Again, just don't come to the -- don't wreck the country by irresponsibly buying up things that everybody knows is no good.

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Oct 20, 2009

Well, first of all, I like Senator Alexander, he was president of the University of Tennessee which is an SEC school so I've certain amount of his kinship there. But he needs to study history. That to use the word Nixon, 11 people in the…

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Oct 20, 2009

Well look, I'm a Democrat, we're always worried. I mean, the truth of the matter is, Democrats look pretty good. We won the popular vote in four out of the last five presidential elections. We've won the last two Congressional cycles. But…

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Oct 20, 2009

Yes, of course. I don't know what they were thinking they were going to ruin the financial system, it almost cause a depression.

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Oct 6, 2009

The president owes it to look at every other possible alternative.

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