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Tim Explains Why James Carville Pisses People Off

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

Politics, News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

James Carville, the “Ragin' Cajun,” is back with his view on the Democratic Party and once again, it’s all about the economy. Tim Miller gives his take on Carville’s latest New York Times column, where he argues that Democrats need a clear, unapologetic focus on economic issues to unite the party and win over voters. From government shutdowns to the pitfalls of “performative woke politics,” Tim digs into what Carville calls the era of "economic rage" and why it could be the key to future Democratic victories.

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0:00.0

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0:31.5

Hey, everybody, Timor from the Bullwork here.

0:36.0

Earlier this week, my man, James Carville, the Raging Cajun, did a column in the New York Times. And every time Carville does a New York Times column, there is this deranged reaction to it.

0:43.0

I mean, kudos to the man.

0:45.5

It shows his skill of getting attention, I guess.

0:47.8

When it comes to James, the way I see it, most of the time he's right.

0:51.0

Sometimes he's wrong.

0:52.0

It's like any one of us.

0:52.9

Probably would have benefited the Democrats to listen to him a little bit more back in 2022 and 2023 when he was the one out

1:00.9

there saying that Joe Biden was too old to run and that the move to the left on cultural issues

1:05.5

was hurting the party. Seems that is objectively correct at this point. So, you know,

1:10.6

he's got some hits from time to time.

1:13.0

This week's call, though, I find both correct and also a little bit obvious. It's a little,

1:19.4

it's kind of like an intensified version of the tune that James has been singing, the old Zidico

1:25.1

tune. He's been singing since like 1988 or so.

1:28.0

And yet the reaction to it was pretty funny.

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