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Cain's Smoking Aide Had to Be Drunk: Carville

Kevin Spak — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:00:31 CDT

James Carville offered an entertainingly disparaging take on the GOP presidential race today, saying that nothing stood in Mitt Romney’s way to getting the nomination—he may be a “serial windsock,” constantly changing his positions, but his opponents are inept. “The best thing Rick Perry can do for himself and...

Carville's Advice for Obama: Panic!

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:19:07 CDT

What should the White House do now that Republicans won the special elections in New York and Nevada? "Panic," declares Democratic strategist James Carville. "The course we are on is not working," he writes on CNN . "The time has come to demand a plan of action that requires a complete...

How Carville Thinks Hillary Could Help Obama

John Johnson — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:53:55 CST

James Carville joined the chorus that President Obama needs some more testosterone with a very Carville-like one-liner today: "If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, he’d have two." Nice line, though Talking Points Memo points out that he's used it before. In 2008, speaking...

Obama Knew Early How Bad It Would Be

John Johnson — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:54:00 CDT

The White House knew from the start that the blown well would probably continue gushing into August and cause unprecedented environmental damage, reports Richard Wolfe of the Daily Beast . Carol Browner warned the president at one of the earliest briefings that it would be nearly impossible to temporarily cap the...

Carville To Obama: Tell BP 'I'm Your Daddy'

Emily Rauhala — Thu, 27 May 2010 07:24:18 CDT

James Carville is on a tear to push the president to step up his response to the gulf oil spill . He kept the campaign going last night on John King's show on CNN by advising Obama: "Tell BP 'I'm your daddy, I'm in charge, you're going to do what we...

Carville to Obama: 'Get Down Here and Take Control!'

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 26 May 2010 10:05:10 CDT

James Carville didn't mince words on Good Morning America today, blasting Obama, again, for his handling of the spill, calling his absence in the region "unbelievable political stupidity." His voice raising to a near-yell (George Stephanopoulos thanks the fired-up Carville for his "passion" at the end of the segment), the...

Carville to Advise Karzai Challenger

Kevin Spak — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:00:00 CDT

James Carville is headed to Kabul to advise one of Hamid Karzai’s challengers in Afghanistan’s upcoming election, Bloomberg reports. Carville has close ties to Hillary Clinton, but says the move shouldn’t be seen as a sign the Obama administration is pushing for a leadership change. “I don’t think anybody would...

Carville: GOP Can't Abandon Christian Right

Kevin Spak — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:53:39 CDT

Analysts who say the Republicans should rethink their social platform and move away from the Christian right are off their rockers, James Carville tells the Huffington Post. “Their party would crumble,” the Democratic strategist says. A whopping 90% of conservative, white, married Christians identify themselves as Republicans, up from 64%...

To Defray Debt, Clinton Can Be a GoDaddy Girl: Carville

Kevin Spak — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:33:01 CDT

Should Hillary Clinton shake her assets to repay her campaign debt? James Carville jokingly said he’d be “all for” the secretary of state appearing in one of GoDaddy.com’s famously racy commercials, Politico reports. He made the suggestion in a freewheeling online radio conversation with site founder Bob Parsons. “If...