'Ragin' Cajun' James Carville formally endorses Sen. Michael Bennet for president

[brooklynite]

WMUR-TV

James Carville, the veteran political strategist known as the architect of former President Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign, is formally endorsing Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet on Monday, calling Bennet “uniquely suited for New Hampshire.”

Carville, nicknamed the “Ragin’ Cajun” for his outspoken, mince-no-words style, will campaign with Bennet in the Granite State ahead of the Feb. 11 first-in-the-nation primary, the Bennet campaign said in releasing the endorsement exclusively to WMUR.

Carville has been praising Bennet in public comments for several months.

“This is John Kennedy recloned,” Carville said last summer. “You can’t get any better than this guy.”

[Sloumeau]

1. brooklynite, this one made me laugh.

I figure that Carville bringing up John Kennedy is appropriate, because Bennet has about as much chance of winning as John Kennedy's corpse.

[Alex Blaine Layder]

3. no chance but better choice than most

You're right I guess, no chance. But a better choice than most, including Biden. I mean, on a debate stage with Drumpf, what are the chinks in Bennet's armor, what are his downsides? https://michaelbennet.com/realdeal/

[Sloumeau]

4. I agree that he is a decent candidate.

It is just that as a moderate, he had Biden, Harris, and Klobuchar blocking his path. Biden was VP with solid African American support, and Harris and Klobuchar are women in a year that the Democratic Party would really like to have a woman as a nominee. Those things kind of outranked what Bennet provided. If we did not have Biden running, and the party did not want so much to have a woman nominee, yeah, Bennet would be a great choice. In 2020, however, you need to be more than just a good candidate.

[Recursion]

9. Bill Clinton was a long shot dark horse in 1992, too

Tsongas was supposed to walk away with the whole thing.

[Sloumeau]

11. Yes, but Bill Clinton was from the South...

and the way that he won the 1992 primary was by sweeping the South. Carter won the South. Gore won the South. Obama won the South. Hillary won the South. The easiest way to both win the Democratic nomination, and then go on to win the populate vote in the General Election, at least for your first term, is to win the South. As for overcoming the Electoral College in the General Election, that is another matter.

You might also notice that Joe Biden is strongest in the South, and that his national polling has been at the top for nine months. That is not a coincidence. This is the Democratic Southern Strategy.

[TidalWave46]

16. You had to create a situation that will never happen in reality....

to make some point about "downside." That is the downside.

[ritapria]

2. It's sad to watch the decline of James Carvile

Michael Bennet and John Kennedy ...Two of a kind ? ….Have you have ever heard such an absurd comparison in your entire life ? ..I am not made at James ...I'm concerned

[TidalWave46]

17. "Have you have ever heard such an absurd comparison in your entire life ?"

Yes.

Link to tweet

[snowybirdie]

5. Still trying to be

relevant, but the parade has passed bye.

[Polly Hennessey]

6. The parade has passed him by, indeed.

Bennet is a decent guy and would make a good president but similar to JFK, no.

[crazytown]

7. I don't know what Bennet is running for,

but it's not the presidency.

[Autumn]

13. Running for Governor. I'll keep Polis

John Kennedy recloned Has he ever met him?

[comradebillyboy]

8. So Carville continues to make himself irrelevant. I also like Michael Bennet but

he, along with some other people I like, isn't competitive in this primary.

[lark]

10. I like Bennet a lot, but he has no chance.

Sorry James.

[Autumn]

12. Well dang

John Kennedy recloned can’t get any better than this guy.

[MineralMan]

14. Hey, James Carville: Too little; too late.

Bennet isn't in the running this round. Nope.

[oasis]

15. Carville's only solid tip is LSU winning the National Championship. nt