Carville Vs. Rove

I don't like either of these guys-- Karl Rove or James Carville, but have at it. They're both sucking up too much air, not serving any other useful purpose other than pure entertainment: 

Limbaugh's More UnPopular Than Ayers

Apologies to Bill Ayers, who has reformed himself to do good, while people like Limbaugh spread their nastiness on a daily basis, doing harm, essentially, to everyone.

The democrats are gleeful that Rush Limbaugh is popping out of his bubble to stir things up. Even David Plouffe has piled on.

While republicans see no harm (they are largely out of touch), democrats know this: Americans don't like Rush.

Sure, he has 20 million listeners (I think a good chunk of them are people who like to hate Limbaugh, and I'm skeptical about that number) but the bulk of Americans find him gross because somewhere along the way we've heard him say something racist (most recently he said he wasn't going to agree with Obama just because he's black) or something despicable.

We all heard Rush wish failure upon Obama's policies. Rush Limbaugh would rather be right at the cost of America. 
Democrats have done polling: 

Politico: The seeds were planted in October after Democracy Corps, the Democratic polling company run by Carville and Greenberg, included Limbaugh’s name in a survey and found that many Americans just don’t like him.

“His positives for voters under 40 was 11 percent,” Carville recalled with a degree of amazement, alluding to a question about whether voters had a positive or negative view of the talk show host.

Paul Begala, a close friend of Carville, Greenberg and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, said they found Limbaugh’s overall ratings were even lower than the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s controversial former pastor, and William Ayers, the domestic terrorist and Chicago resident who Republicans sought to tie to Obama during the campaign.

Then came what Begala called “the tripwire.”

“I hope he fails,” Limbaugh said of Obama on his show four days before the president was sworn in. It was a time when Obama’s approval ratings were soaring, but more than that, polls showed even people who didn’t vote for him badly wanted him to succeed, coming to office at a time of economic meltdown.

John McCain is Our Next President

Just thought I'd shake you up a little.

That would be the headline on Nov. 5 if we decided not to vote or stopped canvassing or calling or talking to our friends and relatives. We would be in agony.

So for those who are thinking they may not vote because they're not really needed, you're needed more than ever. Nothing matters until Nov. 4. All these polls could be dead wrong. There's a lot going on this election and I doubt any pollster will have nailed it.

We can't have a squeaky election, where Obama wins by a hair because it will be contested until the cows come home. We need a great big undeniable win.
It's not in the bag.

Politico: Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell is urging his fellow Democrats not to get complacent in the waning days of the presidential race.

“I think complacency is our biggest foe in Pennsylvania,” Rendell said Sunday on CBS' “Face the Nation.”

Rendell said he is “not taking anything for granted” and disputed a recent poll showing Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) with a double-digit lead in Pennsylvania.

The governor joked he should start “charging [Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin] state income tax” because the Republican vice presidential nominee has spent so much time campaigning in his state.

“I think we are going to be all right,” Rendell said. “But every governor has to be a little bit nervous.”

Virginia Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine agreed, saying that he, too, is not taking anything for granted in his state, which has not voted for a Democrat for president since 1964.

“We realize we haven't done this for a very long time in Virginia, so we're going to consider ourselves the underdogs until we finally break the string,” Kaine said on “Fox News Sunday.”

Democratic strategist James Carville apparently didn’t get the memo, however,as he boldly declared “this race is done, it’s over,” on CNN’s “Late Edition.”

Carville Gives Obama Advice

That's James Carville, the loyal Clintonist who backed the losing candidate. Now, he's giving Obama advice. 

If he has advice to give, it should be done privately. He's supposed to be supporting the democratic party, of which Obama leads. 

Somehow, there is this perception that Hillary won. The Clinton machine in action. If you haven't noticed, the Clinton people have been coming out of the woodwork. The Clintons are out to teach Obama a lesson in politics.

Bill Richardson: Clintons Clinging to the Throne

as you may recall, james carville, a clinton loyalist to his detriment, called bill richardson a traitor for not endorsing hillary. last night they faced each other on larry king. carville is pathetically petty and transparent:
part 1

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part 3

Matt Lauer Pretends He's a News Anchor

nbc had james carville, the clintons most loyal fan, on the show this morning. matt lauer asked him if obama was an elitist. well, just how stupid is that? what else is he going to say.

james carville is so biased that everything he says is skewed through his clinton glasses.
merideth vieira said obama put his foot in his mouth. wow. these people are dim. dim, dim, dim.
i'm hoping that most americans are brighter than our network news.

James Carville Bashes Obama on Elitism

here's a recap of "meet the press" this morning.
james carville bashed obama. that's a surprise. anything the comes out of carville's mouth can be discounted because he only sees through clinton glasses.

two republican strategists bash obama. wow, really?
the only democratic strategist, bob shrum, was weak.
how do these people get these jobs?

host tim russert showed a clip of bill saying that his wife is 60 and that if you were 60 you might forget about the circumstances of sniper fire.

"i love that man so much," carville says shaking his head but nonetheless in support of bill.

then a clip of hillary whining about the media attacking her on trade. why does she whine so much? then her own strategist mark penn tries to strike his own business deal with columbia, conflicting with clinton's trade stance. what does that say about clinton's ability to surround herself with good people?

who's going to beat obama?

john mccain looks at his watch when he talks about the economy. yes, he does. hello, mitt romney.

strategists agree that the democrats are going to push the third bush term. that's a boring strategy because it's such a given.

obama only needs to point to mccain's old-fashioned thoughts, bombing as a solution to world problems, giving tax breaks to the rich. i also think mccain's volatility -- he always looks like he's ready to explode-- will get the better of him and he'll implode himself.

why is mccain polling so well right now? obama said it best. obama hasn't had the opportunity to go up against him. as soon as it's a two person race, mccain's polling will dwindle. obama has proven that once he gets to convey his message to people, they gravitate toward him.

wes clark for obama's vice president, suggests the democratic strategist? nah.

James Carville Wishes He Could Endorse Obama

good grief. james carville, loyal clintonite (i'd hate to be so "loyal" to someone that i can't even think for myself) is pulling a ferraro.

when you do something stupid don't pile on. back off, think about it and keep your mouth shut. but no, carville decided to write an op-ed piece and of course, it was published. he's still whining that bill richardson endorsed obama and not clinton, which reminds us what clinton politics is all about, loyalty over sense. if that's the kind of people the clintons are, then richardson's endorsement of obama was probably like getting out of an abusive relationship. he probably feels relieved and free. loyalty is not a virtue that should overtake sense, especially in politics.

carville says bill richardson was lifted by the clintons and that richardson couldn't have become who he is any other way, and that he owes his very life to them. how foolish is that thought? it's an abusive thought: if i give you a hand up, if i help you become more of what you are, then you owe me loyalty. first of all, bill richardson isn't who he is because of the clintons. he is who he is because of whatever strengths he has and the work that he did.

bill richardson's endorsement says a lot about obama and it says a lot about the clintons.

there is a difference between loyalty and stupidity. what is so amazing to me is that people with money and power aren't what you'd expect. you'd expect them to be brighter somehow. but neither money nor power can make someone intelligent.

what carville is saying loud and clear is that he wishes he was a free man. he wishes that he could do exactly what bill richardson did, endorse obama. but he's so deep in muck that he's a prisoner of loyalty.
from the wash post:

So, when asked on Good Friday about Richardson's rejection of the Clintons, the metaphor was too good to pass by. I compared Richardson to Judas Iscariot. (And Matthew Dowd is right: Had it been the Fourth of July, I probably would have called him Benedict Arnold.)

I believed that Richardson's appointments in Bill Clinton's administration and his longtime personal relationship with both Clintons, combined with his numerous assurances to the Clintons and their supporters that he would never endorse any of Sen. Hillary Clinton's opponents, merited a strong response.

I was fully aware of what kind of response calling someone a Judas would evoke.

Certainly, it didn't take long for the resign-renounce-denounce complex to kick into high gear.

In a bit of bloviation that brought joy to my heart, Bill O'Reilly pronounced himself "appalled."

Keith Olbermann, about two degrees shy of the temperature necessary for self-combustion, quipped, "So if he's Judas in this analogy, who's Jesus?"

Even Diane Sawyer took the analogy to the extreme, questioning, "Are you saying that he made a deal of some kind when you talk about 30 shekels?"

then he says this:

believe that loyalty is a cardinal virtue. Nowhere in the world is loyalty so little revered and tittle-tattle so greatly venerated as in Washington. I was a little-known political consultant until Bill Clinton made me. When he came upon hard times, I felt it my duty -- whatever my personal misgivings -- to stick by him. At the very least, I would have stayed silent. And maybe that's my problem with what Bill Richardson did. Silence on his part would have spoken loudly enough.

Pushing Clinton Out is a Group Effort

It’s Still Over for Clinton

Compilation of Clinton’s Dirty Tactics

Clintons Go Negative on Richardson

the clintons just can't stop themselves.

The Clinton campaign shrugged off the endorsement. "Both candidates have many great endorsers, but the voters, not endorsers, will decide this election, and there are still millions of voters in upcoming contests who want to have their voices heard," Clinton spokesman Jay Carson said.

Richardson was asked Sunday about James Carville's comment that Richardson's Obama endorsement "came right around the anniversary of the day when Judas sold out for 30 pieces of silver." Carville is an adviser to Clinton's presidential campaign and a CNN political analyst.

"Well, I'm not going to get in the gutter like that," Richardson said. "And you know, that's typical of many of the people around Sen. Clinton. They think they have a sense of entitlement to the presidency."

Gov. Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania, a prominent Clinton supporter, told Fox that he has no problem with Richardson's decision. He accused the Obama campaign of complaining about negativity while launching unfair attacks on Clinton.

Discussing a spat over whether Bill Clinton had challenged Obama's patriotism, Rendell said Obama is trying "to have it both ways."

The former president's remark last week that "it would be a great thing if we had an election where you had two people who love this country" sparked a dispute over whether he was questioning Obama's patriotism.

The full quote: "I think it would be a great thing if we had an election year where you had two people who loved this country and were devoted to the interest of this country. And people could actually ask themselves who is right on these issues, instead of all this other stuff that always seems to intrude itself on our politics."

The Clinton campaign denied any slight to Obama's patriotism. But retired Gen. Tony McPeak, an Obama surrogate, compared Clinton to Joe McCarthy.

McCarthy was a senator who was known for leveling accusations that people were Communists or spying for the Russians in the 1950s.

Richardson said he does not think former President Clinton was implying that Obama is unpatriotic.

Richardson added, "The campaign has gotten too negative -- too many personal attacks, too much negativity that is not resounding with the public."

Rendell responded, "They say the campaign's too negative, and they go out and turn an innocent remark -- Bill Clinton was saying what a lot of us feel ... If they want to tone it down, don't accuse someone of McCarthyism."

Richardson responded, "There's been negativity on both sides."

Rendell also accused the Obama camp of contradicting itself in another way that Richardson's endorsement highlights.

"First, they say the superdelegates should reflect the will of the people of their states. Well, we have Sen. Kennedy and Sen. Kerry saying they're going to vote for Obama even though Sen. Clinton won by 13 points in Massachusetts. ... The voters of New Mexico chose Sen. Clinton. If we follow the Obama line, Bill Richardson should be for Sen. Clinton."

"Yes, but, Eddie, by half a percent -- come on," Richardson responded, in a reference to the slight margin by which Clinton won New Mexico.

In a February interview with The New York Times, Richardson discussed how superdelegates should vote. "It should reflect the vote of my state, it should represent the vote of my constituency," he told the newspaper at the time. more

Bill Richardson’s Endorsement
Obama’s Pennsylvania Strategy
Clinton Must Win Pennsylvania
It’s Still Over for Clinton
Compilation of Clinton’s Dirty Tactics