James Carville Agrees Dem Party Has Become ‘Cracked-Out Clown Car’

Democratic strategist James Carville wrote in an opinion piece for the New York Times that he has heard fellow Democrats describe their party as a “cracked-out clown car.”

Carville also wrote in the same op-ed that his party is “in shambles.” His comments come after a growing number of reports that Democrats have been in the political “wilderness” in the aftermath of the party’s decisive losses during the 2024 election cycle.

“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.” (RELATED: ‘Massive Disaster’: Even James Carville Has Reached His Wit’s End With Dems’ Identity Politics Obsession)

The Democratic strategist added that the only thing that can “save” his party from its current predicament is “an actual savior.”

“The Democratic Party is steamrolling toward a civilized civil war,” Carville wrote. “It’s necessary to have it. It’s even more necessary to delay it. 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. 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,” Carville stressed.

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“Until then, we must run unified in opposition to the Republicans to gain as many House seats as possible in the midterms, because every congressional seat we gain in 2026 means we will be more likely to bring about change in 2028,” the strategist wrote further. “And there’s good news on that front.”

Carville also claimed in the op-ed that Democrats need to push messaging about demanding a “repeal” of President Donald Trump’s policies ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

“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,” Carville wrote. “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.”

Earlier in July, Carville went on a rant about how he thinks Democrats’ political messaging has largely neglected male voters. Additionally, Carville said on July 9 that the Democratic Party needs to “go back to the drawing board” and strategize “a different way to frame” its widely unpopular messaging on transgenderism.

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