James Carville
Overview
Chester James Carville, Jr. (born October 25, 1944) is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 political consultant, commentator, educator, actor, attorney, media personality, and prominent liberal pundit. Carville gained national attention for his work as the lead strategist of the successful presidential campaign
Bill Clinton presidential campaign, 1992
Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign for President of the United States was a critical turning point for the Democratic Party, which had controlled the White House for only four of the previous twenty-four years. Initially viewed as an unlikely prospect to win his party's nomination, Clinton did so and...

 of then-Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

 governor Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

. Carville was a co-host of CNN
CNN
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's Crossfire until its final broadcast in June 2005. Since its cancellation, he has appeared on CNN's news program, The Situation Room
The Situation Room
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer is an afternoon/early evening newscast on CNN and CNN International hosted by Wolf Blitzer that first aired on August 8, 2005. The show replaces three politics and hard news programs: Judy Woodruff's Inside Politics, Crossfire and Wolf Blitzer Reports.At first,...

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Quotations

"John McCain, if you liked the last eight, you are going to love the next four."

Meet the Press, 4/14/2008

“Mr. Richardson’s endorsement came right around the anniversary of the day when Judas sold out for 30 pieces of silver, so I think the timing is appropriate, if ironic." (Referring to New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson's endorsement of Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton on GoodFriday).

(Hollywood) hates America.

The Colbert Report, 9/20/06

Who cares? Sometimes you need rebirth." (On the destruction of America)

The Colbert Report, 9/20/06

"Washington is a dirty diaper. It's time for a change."

on his 6th September 2006 appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Hurricane [Katrina] hit the Gulf Coast and destroyed much of the Gulf Coast - that was an act of god ... Now what happened to New Orleans, that was a complete failure of the federal government. Complete negligence by the feds.

in a speech to Louisiana State University|LSU students at the Manship School of Communications' Holliday Forum on January 27, 2006.

I didn’t just experiment with marijuana – if you know what I mean.

in a speech to Louisiana State University|LSU students at the Manship School of Communications' Holliday Forum on January 27, 2006.

Yeah, I graduated with a 4.0… blood alcohol level.

in a speech to Louisiana State University|LSU students at the Manship School of Communications' Holliday Forum on January 27, 2006.

At the beginning of the Clinton administration in the early 1990s, adviser James Carville was stunned at the power the bond market had over the government. If he came back, Carville said: I used to think if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or a .400 baseball hitter. But now I want to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody.

Wall Street Journal (February 25, 1993, p. A1)

 
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