Democratic strategist and former Bill Clinton staffer James Carville did not fare well. He was frustrated and angry because Democratic attacks trying to discredit Trump were ineffective.
Carville knows the polls, and the numbers drive him crazy. He noted that Trump is “more ahead than ever.”
He also seemed very frustrated that the public didn’t care about January 6th. He was completely devastated.
Transcript from Real Clear Politics:
JAMES CARVILLE: Trump is further ahead than ever, and fewer and fewer people see January 6th as an attack on the temple of democracy, our Constitution, whatever you want to say.
It went the wrong way. It doesn’t work. Everything we threw at the wall was spaghetti and no one stuck, including me. The beginning of my eighties was tough, and like everyone else, I had my own opinions about myself. My point is that I don’t matter.
It doesn’t matter. You can prep, you can be on TV, you can write articles, you can have a YouTube channel, you can have a podcast, nothing, nothing!
We had to try to think of something different because what we were doing really wasn’t working.
Watch the video below, it’s pretty awesome:
James Carville is frustrated that Trump is “more ahead than ever” and Democrats’ strategy “isn’t working”:
“It went the wrong way. It didn’t work. Everything we threw at the wall was spaghetti, and none of it stuck to the wall, including me.
We must try… pic.twitter.com/OAMsDA37Ng— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) May 10, 2024
Has anyone ever seen him so down and depressed? Is it possible that he saw the internal polling and it was totally horrific? He seemed decidedly unsure of how things were going.