James Carville

You want to be careful (UNINTELLIGIBLE) have bad reaction shots. You know the principle in a debate, it's better to counterpunch than it is to punch.

You want to have a framework that the candidate can go back to, and you want to practice pivoting.

We've got to change that and change it right away. We need to have an administration that understands that.

The lack of respect that we have around the world is costing American diplomacy. It's costing America in prestige.

Their answer to everything is to try to dig themselves out of this quagmire they got in Iraq and not pay attention to things that are happening right here in the United States of America.

I think that's where Senator Kerry needs to be. I think that's where Senator Kerry is.

Things are not going well in America. This is a jobless recovery. Health care costs exploding. Things are not going well in Iraq.

I think they had a bad August. I think that they know that and they're making changes at the campaign.

This administration's attention has been completely diverted to Iraq.

The Kerry campaign didn't have a very good August but the country under President Bush has had a terrible August.

Mr. President, we ain't got nothing to buy anything, how the hell can we own anything out here in America? Get real.

The thing that's going to matter is President Bush's speech, specifically how does he tell American people about Vietnam, now that -- about Iraq now that he said he made a miscalculation.

I think it would be wrong for the Kerry people not to say that there has been an ever so slight, but noticeable, erosion here.

Well, look, I mean, one of the things is, he sure would have a better plan -- anybody would have a better plan than this administration has.

But I think what John Kerry said reflects his view.

I think that Kerry's point is made in spades. It's one thing to have the authority and actually by giving the president authority to have inspectors in. By the time that this war started, I think the administration, the CIA -- thought…

One of the things is, he sure would have a better plan -- anybody would have a better plan than this administration has.

He said he voted for the authority to go to war. He had no idea when he voted for that authority that it would be executed with the incompetence that this has.

President Bush was an unsuccessful businessman. He is four times more qualified to be vice president than George W. Bush ever was to be president.

I think we got a real shot Virginia. We might, he might have a shot in North Carolina. We got a shot in Arkansas...

This is an election that we're going to win.

Well, Bob, because 'those people,' they're our people. And we're glad that the African-American community is... Democrats, we're proud to have them.

A, he's got to tell people not just who he is, but what he stands for.

He's not going to get the bump that traditionally got because he enters his convention at a higher number than any challenger that I know has ever entered his political convention.

No journey ever started without taking the first step. It looks like the Republicans don't want to take the first step.