James Carville Quotes
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Right-wingers don't want public education to succeed.
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Stay focused. Talk about things that’ll matter to the people, you know? It’s the economy, stupid.
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When I was a little bitty boy, I was a fan of boxing. But in Louisiana, it's football, football, football, and then everything else.
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The teachings of the Church line up more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party.
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Politics is a messy business, but campaigning prepares you for governing. It prepares you to get hit, stand strong, and, if necessary, hit back.
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I made the argument that every growing demographic in this country - nonwhite voters, younger people - is trending Democratic. It's a ticking time bomb for the GOP. That's why I felt safe in saying that 'Republicans have no hope of making serious inroads into Democratic advantages in 2010 or likely 2012 or 2014 and so on.'
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I always find it offensive when people say God showers riches on you if you're good.
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Some of these people think the universe is five thousand years old, and they say it with a straight face. If somebody had an explanation saying why they thought the earth was five thousand years old, there's only two possible explanations: you're really stupid, or you're really cynical and trying to get really stupid people's votes.
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I always wanted to be a sports broadcaster.
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My blood's not red or blue - it's brown.
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Democratic strategists and operatives should not design a strategy based off today's conditions. They should be setting a strategy for where the trajectory of polling is headed.
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Politics is a rough and tumble business, and yet there seems to be an effort by the commentariat to sanitise American politics to some type of high-level Victorian debating society.
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It is literally painful to watch Rick Perry as a candidate.
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Drag a $100 bill through a trailer camp and there's no telling what you will find.
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One of my favorite aspects of basketball is good passing.
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During my time as a political strategist, one of the most vexing problems was figuring out why so many people vote against their perceived interests.
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The only thing I'm running for is the state line.
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The American psyche has not recovered, and likely will not ever fully recover, from the profound and relentless incompetence of George W. Bush's disastrous, multitrillion-dollar war.
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The thing I love about politics and sports is that there is an end goal - winning - and there are indeed winners and losers.
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I think the Democratic Party has the chronic problem of appearing to be weak, of not standing and fighting for what it believes in, not fighting for its own.
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When one has retired from the ranks of American domestic political consulting, as I have, you are not really allowed to just quit. You become emeritus, of counsel, senior status, and God knows what.
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In 1992, the most treasured voter was a voter that would sort of swing back and forth, one that might vote for Republican for president, Democrat for governor. The voter that didn't have that strong of a partisan ID. These were the voters that we targeted.
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I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president.
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I've worked on enough campaigns to know that the most aggrieved candidate rarely emerges victorious.