Posted on 03/24/2026 11:09:56 AM PDT by John Semmens
James Carville became a national figure as an advisor to Gov. Bill Clinton's successful 1992 campaign for president. Since that time he's made a good living as a so-called political expert. His November 2024 New York Times op-ed "Three Reasons I'm Certain Kamala Harris Will Win" was far short of accurate. Likewise, his 2009 book "40 More Years: How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation" seems off-base.
During an interview with ESPN sports analyst Stephen A. Smith, Carville admitted "the truth of the matter is, I'm not a very good predictor of elections. I can't even remember what the three reasons were that I thought Kamala would beat Trump. But I figured if I hated Trump then anyone who wasn't a MAGA Nazi would also hate him and vote against him no matter who was his opponent. So, it looks like we experts don't have any better insights about who is going to win than the average Joe. But heck, as long as folks are willing to pay for my advice and predictions why should I stop giving them?"
Carville asked Smith for his advice, saying "Democrats have not been doing well with young male voters. You might be the best person in the world communicating with young men. What should we be saying to get them on our side?"
Smith suggested "speak the language of the average American citizen that's out there trying to survive and feed their family every day. Speak to those people as opposed to a portion of the LGBTQ+ community or woke culture or canceling somebody because they got a fact wrong or they said somebody's name wrong."
"Not gonna happen," Carville said. "If we do that we'll have crowds of screaming lunatics outside our homes calling us 'Trump lovers' and 'Nazis.' I think we might have to forget about winning over voters and concentrate on harvesting as many ballots as we can while we still can. And if we win, we outlaw voter ID in every state. Then my prediction of 40-years of Democratic rule might prove accurate after all."
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I like Carville as entertainment. He reminds me of my late uncle who was a backwoods lawyer in Tallulah La. He parlayed a catch phrase “its the economy stupid” into a career. Is he relevant or correct now, hell no, but his antics are amusing .
I think of him more as a talk show “analist.”
” I think we might have to forget about winning over voters and concentrate on harvesting as many ballots as we can while we still can.”
That’s the Dem MO
We know. He's a reptilian that slithered out of the bayous down in Louisiana.
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