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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.

Quotes by year · 2004–20261,063 total · peak 2010 (217)
2004: 39 quotes2006: 16 quotes2007: 19 quotes2008: 83 quotes2009: 92 quotes2010: 217 quotes2011: 86 quotes2012: 99 quotes2016: 7 quotes2019: 5 quotes2020: 59 quotes2021: 109 quotes2022: 68 quotes2023: 15 quotes2024: 45 quotes2025: 41 quotes2026: 63 quotes
Oct 11, 2022

I think the abortion issue is very people are really angry about this. I think it's very motivated Democrats, but I also think it's a way to show how extreme they are.

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Oct 11, 2022

Senator Bernie Sanders recently wrote an op-ed that he's alarmed that many Democratic candidates are being advised to focus solely on abortion in their closing arguments.

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Oct 11, 2022

I think Herschel Walker is just the perfect vehicle to expose the rot, it's the modern Republican Party. It's almost like he was divinely sent here is an example of just how rotten they are.

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Oct 4, 2022

Unlike DeSantis and Rubio, who didn’t win -- when Superstorm Sandy hit New Jersey, they wouldn’t vote for it.

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Oct 4, 2022

I have no idea -- you’re right. People have to deal with the President’s putting stuff out. They’re trying to help people deal with drug prices, health care costs, energy costs.

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Oct 4, 2022

He needs to quit posture and plan politics. And, you know, act like he doesn’t care about the people in New Jersey. We should care about everybody in the United States.

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Oct 4, 2022

Well, first of all, the states of eight of -- the 10 states with the highest crime rate eight are run by Republicans.

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Oct 4, 2022

Ron did Katrina pushed a fried chicken in the mashed potatoes in the gravy back.

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Oct 4, 2022

You know, I’ve said it before they have a lot of stupid people that voted their primaries. I really -- they really do.

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Oct 4, 2022

I think just exposes the massive, staggering humanity of conservative evangelicals. I’m not going to call these people Christians, because I don’t think they embrace very much of Christianity.

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Aug 24, 2022

He promised that he'd do something during the campaign. He won by 7 million votes. All right. I mean, it's not like just hadn't, he hadn't talked about it. He hadn't discussed it. He had promised that he do something.

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Aug 24, 2022

Rick Scott talks about sunsetting Social Security, the head of the Republican Senate committee, Ron Johnson spoken favorably about it.

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Aug 24, 2022

I talked about extremism, and it just isn't in the Dobbs case it was extremism on the gun case, it was extremism on the climate case. You have all these candidates making these hippie (ph) extreme statements. And I think President Biden…

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Jul 25, 2022

New CNN poll today showed a dim outlook for the President 2024, 75% of Democratic and Democratic leaning voters want the party to nominate someone other than President Biden for the next presidential elections.

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Jun 13, 2022

It's the economy stupid, right. He said that back in 1992. That still holds in 2022, 30 years later.

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Jun 7, 2022

It's been a terrible problem and defund the police is what we call on our businesses sticky.

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Jun 7, 2022

Actually Democrats have a much, much better record on crime than Republicans do. And for some reason, we seem to be afraid to run out of it.

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Jun 7, 2022

Well, Democratic voters have seized control of their party. The people of San Francisco won last night, the faculty at Berkeley, the University of California at Berkeley lost.

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Jun 7, 2022

I hope so, because if people don`t care about this, what that took -- what that took place the violence against police to criminality, trying to stop a constitutionally mandated process and cause the United States, if you don`t care about…

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Jun 7, 2022

I think they need to tell a story. And I think that all politics is a story.

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Jun 7, 2022

President Biden was instrumental, authored that bill, which was backed by then President Clinton.

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Jun 7, 2022

You either own this issue, or this issue will own you.

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Jun 7, 2022

The most important people in the Democratic Party are the people who vote in our primaries.

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May 17, 2022

To say that it’s a political liability is it’s a political liability, trust me, and you’re going to hear a lot about that.

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