‘A Cracked-Out Clown Car!’ James Carville Nukes the Democratic Party in Scathing NY Times Op-Ed

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James Carville — the veteran Democratic strategist who has been a fixture on the left for more than four decades — seems to believe his party is currently lacking a coherent strategy.

In a scathing New York Times op-ed published Monday, Carville — who has recently been unsparing in his assessment of the Democratic Party — took his criticism to a whole new level right in the lead paragraph of his Times piece.

“Constipated. Leaderless. Confused. A cracked-out clown car. Divided. These are the words I hear my fellow Democrats using to describe our party as of late,” Carville wrote. “The truth is they’re not wrong: The Democratic Party is in shambles.”

Despite party handwringing about media strategy and appealing to young men, Carville believes there’s just one long-term cure for what ails Democrats right now — a knight in shining armor.

“The only thing that can save us now is an actual savior, because a new party can be delivered only by a person — see Barack Obama in 2008 and Bill Clinton in 1992,” Carville wrote. “No matter how many podcasts or influencer streams our bench of candidates go on, our new leader won’t arrive until the day after the midterms in November 2026, which marks the unofficial-yet-official beginning of the 2028 presidential primary. No new party or candidate has a chance for a breakthrough until that day.”

But as for a short-term fix that will carry Democrats through the 2026 midterms, Carville proposes a one-word mantra:

“Our midterm march starts with a simple phrase every candidate can blast on every screen and stage: We demand a repeal. A ‘repeal’ of Mr. Trump’s spending law is the one word that should define the midterms. It is clear, forceful and full-throated. It must be slathered across every poster, every ad, every social media post from now until next November. That single word is our core message. Every Democrat can run on it, with outrage directed not at the president or a person but at this disastrous bill. And the reasons are countless, each one a venom-tipped political dagger.”

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