Your new front-runner is one of your old front runners, Newt Gingrich. I would like to take a moment to revel: I cannot personally tell you how pleased I am to see old Newt rise to the top after listening to all of your nauseating, sickening lectures on the evils of government and the importance of family values.

Beautiful.

...because the last 3 years of Obama have been a the best...economy...ever!

/moretrillions,plz

Redwing: ...because the last 3 years of Obama have been a the best...economy...ever!

/moretrillions,plz

Because someone else spend nearly 8 years building a mile-high shiat sandwich, and stuck the next administration with the tab?

NEWSFLASH: Economic and electoral cycles do not coincide!

Redwing: ...because the last 3 years of Obama have been a the best...economy...ever!

/moretrillions,plz

I guess the unemployment rate dropping a full point in the past four months has nothing to do with Obama, but sh*t that happened in 2008 is his fault, right?

Just go measure his penis and let him on the airplane.

Mr. Carville, let me break it to you gently; a first class Republican disaster has the potential of defeating the incumbent Democrat President.

/Consider that for a few moments.
//but don't waste your whole day on it.

Redwing: ...because the last 3 years of Obama have been a the best...economy...ever!

/moretrillions,plz



Where were you when G.W. Bush doubled the national debt during a time of economic prosperity?

Where you when Bush started a fake war which cost the American taxpayer over a trillion dollars?

Where were you in 2008 when the economy collapsed after 8 years of a tax reducing, anti-regulatory republican in the white house?

Where were you when we were losing 10's of thousands of jobs per month BEFORE Bush left office?

Where were you when the TeaParty asked American corporate leaders to not hire new employees until Obama is out of the White House?

Where were you when Republicans have blocked absolutely every effort to create jobs unless it's tied to a cut in taxes for the wealthy?

Where were you when the GOP has routinely placed tax cuts for the wealthy above creating jobs?

So where the hell have you been?

xtrc8u: Mr. Carville, let me break it to you gently; a first class Republican disaster has the potential of defeating the incumbent Democrat President.

/Consider that for a few moments.
//but don't waste your whole day on it.

Cmon, there isn't a republican candidate colbert couldn't take down in a day, much less the machine Obama has.

DarnoKonrad: The only way this turns into a disaster is if Romney or Gingrich (assuming those two stay front runners) attack each other ideologically -- or if for some reason Paul, who really is ideologically different, gains a lot of traction into the primaries. That's the kind of thing that breaks parties.

If they just have a good drag down fight (but still largely agree on policy), it will only energize the Republican base into being invested into the election and the candidates the way Clinton/Obama did in 2008.

I like nothing about this 24/7 free publicity in the media for the GOP.

Problem is, attacking Romney on policy is nailing jello to the wall. Paul's ideas have the virtue of never actually being implemented by congress. Gingrich is just a sociopath, so if that's what the country wants, so be it.

simplicimus: Gingrich is just a sociopath, so if that's what the country wants, so be it.

If he wins, my plan to sell everything and move to Iceland just moved up about five years.

I normally don't like Carville as I consider him a slippery snake, but that was pretty damn awesome.

make me some tea: I normally don't like Carville as I consider him a slippery snake, but that was pretty damn awesome.

Many lifetimes ago, when we were both teenagers, I met him (his mother and my aunt were friends). Nobody seemed to think he'd ever amount to much. Guess they were wrong.

simplicimus: make me some tea: I normally don't like Carville as I consider him a slippery snake, but that was pretty damn awesome.

Many lifetimes ago, when we were both teenagers, I met him (his mother and my aunt were friends). Nobody seemed to think he'd ever amount to much. Guess they were wrong.

Heh, he knew that too, that's why he got into politics. :)

make me some tea: simplicimus: make me some tea: I normally don't like Carville as I consider him a slippery snake, but that was pretty damn awesome.

Many lifetimes ago, when we were both teenagers, I met him (his mother and my aunt were friends). Nobody seemed to think he'd ever amount to much. Guess they were wrong.

Heh, he knew that too, that's why he got into politics. :)

Somewhere around the house I have a photo Christmas postcard from the Carville family to my aunt. He was never what you would call handsome.

simplicimus: He was never what you would call handsome.

While I would never question his intellect, and innate ability to skewer a political opponent with their own words, I seriously doubt he was born on this planet.

markie_farkie: simplicimus: He was never what you would call handsome.

While I would never question his intellect, and innate ability to skewer a political opponent with their own words, I seriously doubt he was born on this planet.

Well, I met his (presumed) mother numerous times, is all I can say.

simplicimus: Gingrich is just a sociopath, so if that's what the country wants, so be it.

Worked for Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush.

Sliding Carp: simplicimus: Gingrich is just a sociopath, so if that's what the country wants, so be it.

Worked for Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush.

I give you all but Bush II. The rest, well yes, but they were good for foreign policy.

xtrc8u: Mr. Carville, let me break it to you gently; a first class Republican disaster has the potential of defeating the incumbent Democrat President.

/Consider that for a few moments.
//but don't waste your whole day on it.

That says more about nearly 50% of the electorate than it does about Obama.

Carville can say whatever he wants, but he will be summarily ignored and dismissed.

Remember the old Vulcan proverb - only Nixon can go to China.

Carville is so wrong. NOTHING about the GOP is "first class"

What's worse, the crop of GOP candidates or that there's a significant number of voters they look attractive to?

The polling exist interviews are frightening when they intellectually support ANY of these idiots.

Carville's no picnic either.

cameroncrazy1984: I guess the unemployment rate dropping a full point in the past four months has nothing to do with Obama, but sh*t that happened in 2008 is his fault, right?

Correct. The economy is so mind-blowingly complex, its foolish to pin anything on one decision, person, or administration.

Stuff that went down in 2002 affects us today. Stuff that went down in 1992 affected us in 2002.

There's no single "cycle" to economics.

Some actions create an immediate effect. Some create an effect far into the future. Most of these do both.

HeartBurnKid: It looks like Mr. Carville's been enjoying a few drinks of this:

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False bravado, overconfidence perhaps (I don't think so) but certainly not upset/butthurt.

I always laugh when Karl Rove gives advice to Democrats, like he has their best interest in mind. This is just like it in reverse -- except Carville speaks the truth.

make me some tea: I normally don't like Carville as I consider him a slippery snake, but that was pretty damn awesome.

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I like me some deep fried Carville from time to time :-) He's a hoot!

People in this country don't really belong to political parties anymore, they're just team fans now. Fans will cheer for their team if they're awesome or if they suck. If the Red Sox went back to being cellar dwellers, their die-hard fans wouldn't suddenly start cheering for the Yankees, and vice versa. The actual ability to govern the country has nothing to do with the fan base loyalty. They will stop showing up for the games though. A lot of die hard Republican fans that I know are telling me they're sitting out the 2012 election.

It'll be up to the independents again, the casual fans of the sport, and whether or not they feel motivated to go to the game.

All Obama needs to do is play this repeatedly on the air. Link (new window)

Then, show a picture of Callista, and run the dog story on Mitt. Every woman in the country will vote for him. And, we outnumber you.

The implosion is moving along nicely.

MorrisBird: All Obama needs to do is play this repeatedly on the air. Link (new window)

Then, show a picture of Callista, and run the dog story on Mitt. Every woman in the country will vote for him. And, we outnumber you.

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Thank you, MorrisBird! I looove that video :-)

MorrisBird: All Obama needs to do is play this repeatedly on the air. Link (new window)

Then, show a picture of Callista, and run the dog story on Mitt. Every woman in the country will vote for him. And, we outnumber you.

If you did a pop up of Callista half way through that, it would be worse than those "scare videos" that were so popular. Yikes!

lohphat: What's worse, the crop of GOP candidates or that there's a significant number of voters they look attractive to?

Just remember: toward the end of his presidency, George W. Bush has a 30% approval rating.

That means that almost 1/3 of people surveyed thought he was doing a great job.

These are the same people who are trying to decide between the GOP crop.

Uh huh; Newt is scaring the crap out of them.

ultraholland: I saw Carville at the bar over the summer.

CSB

Carville Sighting Bro?

Heh, that was pretty good.

DarnoKonrad: The only way this turns into a disaster is if Romney or Gingrich (assuming those two stay front runners) attack each other ideologically -- or if for some reason Paul, who really is ideologically different, gains a lot of traction into the primaries. That's the kind of thing that breaks parties.

If they just have a good drag down fight (but still largely agree on policy), it will only energize the Republican base into being invested into the election and the candidates the way Clinton/Obama did in 2008.

I like nothing about this 24/7 free publicity in the media for the GOP.

Normally I'd agree with you, but...Look, Just go read FreeRepublic. The base is a MESS right now. Freep's dictators have issued the word that the Site is NOT going to let Romney be the nominee and therefore they are foursquare behind Gingrich, the problem with that being that the Truebelievers have taken to asking impertinent questions like "why are we rallying behind the thrice divorced womanizer rather than a TRUE conservative like Santorum? and then they are promptly banned (or "zotted" in the local parlance) from posting on the site.

It's going to be even uglier when Mitt wins and the sites mods demand that all the same people they've been whipping up into a "Two minute hate"-like frenzy against Mitt, now swear fealty to him and say he the bestest Republican conservative ever, and ban anyone who says bad things about him (This really happens there, it did last election cycle with McCain-I saw it with my own eyes)

All Democrats need to cross over and vote Gingrich in the primaries in their states. For the lulz.