James Carville Declares He’s ‘Certain’ Harris Beats Trump Despite Worries From ‘Sweaty Democratic Operatives Who Love To Run To the Press’
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Democratic strategist James Carville declared on Wednesday that he’s “certain” Vice President Kamala Harris will defeat former President Donald Trump in the election.
In a column for The New York Times, Carville called out “sweat Democratic operatives” running to “the press” with their concerns about dead-even polls and Harris’s campaign. Carville said he’s putting all his “chips” behind Harris.
“America, it will all be OK,” Carville wrote, giving three reasons why he believes Harris will win.
Carville wrote:
There is a palpable anxiety wailing on the winds of American life right now. More than in any other election in my lifetime, I’ve been consistently asked by people of all stripes and creeds: “Can Kamala Harris win this thing? Are we going to be OK?” This sentiment is heard over and over from sweaty Democratic operatives who all too often love to run to the press with their woes.
While I am not one to take part in the political prediction industry — recently ballooned by mysterious crypto investments gambling on a Donald Trump victory — today I am pulling my stool up to the political poker table to throw my chips all in: America, it will all be OK. Ms. Harris will be elected the next president of the United States. Of this, I am certain.
The Democratic strategist’s reasons for this vote of confidence include the fact that Trump is a “repeat electoral loser,” Harris has outpaced him in fundraising, and simply a “feeling” Carville has.
Carville noted that Trump has more electoral losses and wins under him since he skyrocketed to the top of the Republican Party.
“The whole Republican Party has been on a losing streak since Mr. Trump took it over. See 2018: the largest House landslide for Democrats in a midterm election since Watergate. See 2020: He was decisively bucked from the White House by Joe Biden. See 2022: an embarrassment of a midterm for Republicans off the heels of Dobbs,” Carville wrote.
On the money front, fundraising simply “matters,” Carville declared, and Harris is “processing Cheddar like a Wisconsin cheese factory,” noting she’s raised more than $1 billion during her short campaign. Carville was one of the earliest Democrats to question President Joe Biden’s chances at winning the election before Biden ultimately dropped his reelection bid.
Carville’s final reason boils down to just emotion and his refusal to believe Trump can appeal to a majority of the country. Carville has argued Trump will follow through on talks of political retribution by jailing opponents.
“If the Cheneys and A.O.C. get that the Constitution and our democracy are on the ballot, every true conservative and every true progressive should get it too,” he wrote. “A vast majority of Americans are rational, reasonable people of good will. I refuse to believe that the same country that has time and again overcome its mistakes to bend its future toward justice will make the same mistake twice.”
