I caught a little bit of Crossfire yestiddy

[King Coal]

And James predicted Hillary would run for president and Bill Richardson for the vice presidency. He said it was his long shot.

[SheilaT]

1. I can't decide if the continued

silliness about Hillary running is good because it allows the real candidates to run more or less unnoticed, or bad because it either divides the party or doesn't give enough attention to the serious candidates.

[Yupster]

5. It's not fair to Hillary

She should not have to say she's not running 1,000 times.

[chaumont58]

2. Carville is now a part of the Beltway establishment

Both he and Begala are regulars for the party circuit. And I expect both will become regulars on the Im-an-ass-in-the-morning show as well. I don't pay anymore attention to Carville than I do his wife, or Holy Joe.

[lancdem]

3. I pay a lot of attention to Carville

I saw him on C-SPAN the other day. He was great, saying the Dems should stop acting ashamed of being Dems. After all, he said, we're the party that won two World Wars, created Social Security and Medicare and passed civil rights legislation. Carville DID say it was his longshot, so I think he was juat throwing it out there, probably to get the RW's knickers in a twist.

[Minstrel Boy]

4. I lost all respect for Carville when I learned

he'd been retained by Venezuela's putschist oligarchs to advise them on their Chavez recall initiative.

"From the left"? Not where I'm standing.

[Desertrose]

6. ahhh......from the left of........?

isn't that the question anymore...

Is he left of "far right" or just "not quite as far right"?

I used to like Carville but my eyes have since been opened .... he & Begala are both "beltway boys" IMHO. Good *talk* (sometimes) but actions prove otherwise.

:shrug:
what else is new???

Peace
DR

[Kolesar]

7. Wow. Has there been a thread or a link on this?

I like to follow the Venezuela story.

[Minstrel Boy]

8. here ya go:

Originally from The Wall Street Journal, May 23, 2003:

"It's the Economy Stupid" by Marc Lifsher

"Venezuela's embattled private sector is banking on the colorful US political consultant James Carville to help oust leftist President Hugo Chavez. The hire may herald an effort by the anti-Chavistas to focus more on the issues than the personality."
http://casavenezuela.org/05persp/articles/economia_stupid.html

I was shocked. He's still a sometimes enjoyable windbag, but I no longer respect him nor trust him.

[Isome]

9. You're shocked?! I'm shocked!!

I just bought his book a few weeks ago. I can't believe it!