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James Carville: We Just Have to Win

2024/10/9
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James Carville and Tim Miller discuss the core messages of both sides in the upcoming election. They analyze Trump's focus on hot-button issues and question the effectiveness of such a strategy. Carville expresses concern about the increasingly crazy information ecosystem, highlighting a Republican congressman's need to debunk outlandish theories.
  • Trump's top ad focuses on taxpayer-funded sex changes for prisoners.
  • The information ecosystem is becoming increasingly polarized and detached from reality.
  • Carville questions the effectiveness of Trump's strategy, suggesting it caters to a specific audience while alienating others.

Shownotes Transcript

The information ecosystem is getting crazier than ever: The monster Trump created must be fed, even when the lies are too much for some MAGA members of Congress. Meanwhile, the disinfo around storm relief efforts have to be nipped in the bud, and Team Kamala needs to get their sharp elbows out for the final weeks. Plus, how a doc about Carville evolved in real time as he pressed to get Biden to drop out. 

James Carville joins Tim Miller.

*show notes * The new documentary about Carville, "Winning Is Everything, Stupid") Press release from Rep. Chuck Edwards debunking Helene response myths )