Carville: GOP adults want 'children' to behave themselves

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/24/opinion/carville-gop-adults/index.html?eref=igoogledmn_topstories

By James Carville, CNN Contributor
updated 7:13 PM EST, Fri February 24, 2012



Editor's note: James Carville is a Democratic strategist who serves as a political contributor for CNN, appearing frequently on "The Situation Room" as well as other programs on all CNN networks.

(CNN) -- Memo to the "adults" of the Republican Party:

If you notice that I have changed my current missive to address adults (as opposed to addressing the establishment as I've done in the previous two), this was done to acknowledge Indiana GOP Chairman Eric Holcomb.

Holcomb said recently, "Republicans are fretting the four dancing now can't beat Obama in the fall — so their national talent search continues," adding that the pleas had come from "the adults" in the party.

The truth of the matter is I like the phrase "the adults" much more than "the establishment" because it gives much more insight into the current state of the GOP. Chairman Holcomb clearly meant to differentiate the adults from the many children in the Republican Party.

This caused me to get very nostalgic in thinking back to Thanksgiving dinners at my grandparents' house in the 1950s. In rural South Louisiana, the adults sat in the big dining room with real chairs, silverware, china, crystal and wine. Whereas the children were relegated to sitting on the front porch with folding chairs, card tables, paper plates and Dixie cups. We had our choice between orange pop and Barq's (that's root beer.)

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[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Isn't "GOP adults" an oxymoron??? Or is that an oxymoran?

[ret5hd]

2. describing carville as a "democratic strategist" is quite a stretch...

he works for whoever pays him.

look to his work in latin america.

[rocktivity]

3. The editor's note should also include that Mr. Carville

is married to a REPUBLICAN strategist who serves as a political contributor for CNN.


rockivity

[Kalidurga]

4. Yep that is one mell of a hess all right...

The GOP has no national candidate. Mittens might just squeak by with the nomination. But, he is going to go into the General Election badly battered and it will get worse. I think he will lose in a landslide despite the fact that he is polling almost even with Obama for now. If Santorum somehow wins the nomination then that is great news for us, because he is certifiable and he will say exactly what he thinks and most people think that he is nuts when they hear what he says. Newt has problems to say the least, I will leave it at that. No I won't the dude wants to be emperor of the moon, talk about delusions of grandeur. Then there is dear old uncle Ron Paul who somehow managed to not know he was writing racist newsletters yet somehow has won the hearts of people that should know better along with a lot of storm fronters that know of his past.

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5. Emperor of the moon!