Carville does get it...still

James Carville, the bare headed political strategist that brought us Bill Clinton in 1992, is wrong.  He is wrong on abortion, gun rights, how to fix the economy, education, and the environment, BUT....he is right on how to campaign and for all my liberal leaning friends, forget Carville and assume the election is yours.

Carville is right when he says that his party has to fight for this election, but the advice could easily go both ways.  Anyone who takes the coming election for granted is a fool.

Carville is right that every recent election - here and elsewhere - incumbents are being tossed on their head.  Perhaps, they should have been, maybe not, but one thing I do know that I learned from watching Jim Carville is that elections aren't about candidates, but about people.

'No one cares about a politician's troubles, they have their own' hence the public in general gave Clinton a pass on his many personal foibles because the economy was ticking along.  Similarly, George Bush "won" the Iraq War (version 1.0), had amazing foreign policy success, and no outside distractions and lost to a Governor from Arkansas.

Just a suggestion, if you are in politics, you might want to listen to Jim Carville on the basics of his message.