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Y’know, if AOC (or for that matter any Democrat) is going to get elected, if they are smart\u00a0 they are probably going to have to come to James Carville for advice – at minimum.<\/p>\n
For those who don’t know, or don’t remember, Carville was the Nicknamed the “Ragin’ Cajun<\/a>“,[<\/span>2]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Carville gained national attention for his work as a lead strategist in Bill Clinton’s winning 1992 presidential campaign.[<\/span>3]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Carville also had a principal role crafting strategy for three unsuccessful Democratic Party presidential contenders, including Massachusetts Senator John Kerry in 2004, New York Senator Hillary Clinton in 2008, and Colorado Senator Michael Bennet in 2020.\u00a0\u00a0Wiki<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Like him or not, he’s probably the smartest SOB in the Democratic Party. Republican equivalent? Karl Rove. Oddly, Carville is married to Marleee Matalin, a prominent Republican… proving that not only do politics make strange bedfellows, but that occasionally bedfellows make strange politics. Regardless – note that ‘smartest SOB’ part.<\/p>\n He’s looking at the Democrat Party Vice Chair – yes, their own little Davey Hogg. In case you missed it, David Hogg managed to get himself elected to that semi-august position so is in a position to direct a good hunk of campaign funds, into running Democrats against – Democrats?<\/p>\n Leaders We Deserve, a political organization led by Hogg, announced on Wednesday that it will spend $20 million to help elect younger Democrats. The effort includes supporting primary challengers to House Democrats in safe seats that Hogg argues “are asleep at the wheel.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n (In fairness, that is how AOC managed to get elected – people in her district thought she could help them and do something about the rampant crime there. Hah!) Run those young activists against old established names…got it.<\/p>\n Carville told CNN those plans “the most insane thing” he’d ever heard, and questioned why the newly elected DNC Vice Chair isn’t using these funds to “take on a Republican.”<\/p>\n “He is an officer of the Democratic National Committee\u2026 And so he has a fiduciary duty to the Democratic Party, and he\u2019s going to raise $20 million and primary Democrats?” Carville questioned.<\/p>\n “Does he really think the problem that we\u2018re facing in the United States today is because we got 65-year-old Democrats in office? Why don\u2019t you take on a Republican? That\u2018s your job,” Carville asserted.<\/p>\n “The most insane thing I ever heard is the vice chair of the Democratic National Committee is spending $20 million running against other Democrats. Aren’t we supposed to run against Republicans?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Man, it sucks to get old and fail to see that you have to be progressive – hip – young<\/em><\/p>\n “I\u2018m not part of the hip generation. I\u2019m not very au courant. But I actually thought our job was to beat Republicans? How quaint, how quaint of me,” he quipped.\u00a0 Fox News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Me, I kind of like the idea…but I’m happy to see them eating their own young.<\/p>\n Update 4\/21 – l’il Davey is supposedly putting his money where his mouth is – news says he donated $100,000 to the to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). No info on where he sourced that $100K.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"eminence grise<\/del> campaign manager who had a finger in most national Democrat elections around the turn of the century, and at last count 23 nations’ elections overseas.<\/p>\n