James Carville: The Republican Party Is Committing Suicide


Just March Right Over A Cliff

"There are a lot of people in the United States that genuinely—and with some validity—think their influence is shrinking. Their lives have not turned out as they expected or hoped. If you’re a 53-year-old white guy that didn’t go to college, the chances are that you have had a pretty rough life. You have probably switched jobs any number of times, lost your health insurance any number of times, almost lost your house in the recession, and Trump comes along and says, “Of course this happened to you because of stupid politicians and immigrants.” He is appealing to people who look around, and their constant refrain is, “This is not the same country that we grew up in.” And it’s not."



http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/james-carville-presidential-election-2016
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/james-carville-presidential-election-2016

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  1. G.K. NelsonSeptember 2, 2016 at 6:50 AM

    I'm not certain Carville is right. In four years Paul Ryan can run for president talking reasonably, and even if he proposes privatizing Social Security or slashing Medicare, he'll seem reasonable by comparison to Trump. Maybe they're looking at the long game.

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  2. Drew McCarthySeptember 2, 2016 at 8:17 AM

    Eh. Maybe, but probably because it was forced on them, rather than a choice. But you're probably correct in thinking that the demographics aren't shifting quite as quickly as he seems to be saying here.

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  3. Drew McCarthySeptember 2, 2016 at 8:18 AM

    I also like this quote of Carville's, from somewhere else:
    "You don't change anybody's view of politics. You can only change their view of you."

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