Carville Says He’d Rather GOP Win House by 5 Seats

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville said he would rather see Republicans keep control of the House by five seats than watch Democrats win the chamber by the same margin, warning that a "nightmare" razor-thin majority would leave party leaders "hostage to the DSA."

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Carville is still alive?

#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-10-22 10:34 AM | Reply

Carville is still alive?

#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-10-22 10:34 AM | Reply | Flag:

Alive, well and very well informed... Living down in New Orleans.

#2 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-22 10:39 AM | Reply | Funny: 2

"Carville is still alive?"

From the neck up? As much as Ted Williams still is.

#3 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-10-22 02:57 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

Turds loves Carville, because Carville tells Turds what he wants to hear.

The future of America is either an authoritarian fascist failed nation resembling the USSR, or a progressive Democratic socialist nation resembling Canada and Europe.

Most conservatives would prefer authoritarian fascist government as long as it means white people can believe that they're superior to Brown and Black people.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-10-22 03:24 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

James was part of the crew that sold out the party's trad base of working people for Wall St cash and the mythic "soccer mom" vote.
Part of the problem, not a solution.

#5 | Posted by morris at 2026-10-22 03:37 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 5

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-10-22 03:24 PM | Reply | Flag

If you get enough of these DSA candidates you're going to find out real quick what fascism looks like. Just wait until they run out of other people's money and the rich flee for higher ground.

You're an idiot. You live in a place with an astronomical cost of living and blame everyone else with money because you can't afford anything.

#6 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-22 03:52 PM | Reply | Funny: 4

From Carville's Wikipedia bio:

Carville led successful state campaigns before gaining national attention as a lead strategist in Bill Clinton's winning 1992 presidential campaign.[3] He also played a principal role crafting in the campaigns of several Democratic presidential candidates, including Massachusetts Senator John Kerry in 2004, New York Senator Hillary Clinton in 2008, and Colorado Senator Michael Bennet in 2020.

Each of the campaigns mentioned since the Bill Clinton era was unsuccessful.

Carville is sometimes good for one-liners, but he really is basically done.

#7 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-10-22 03:55 PM | Reply

If you get enough of these DSA candidates you're going to find out real quick what fascism looks like.

You should look up fascism.

You're clearly ignorant.

#8 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-10-22 04:10 PM | Reply

"Don't vote for DSA they might do what Trump is doing!"
- Turds

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-10-22 04:19 PM | Reply

If you get enough of these DSA candidates you're going to find out real quick what fascism looks like.

#6 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

We have enough of these MAGA candidates and we know what fascism looks like.

You live in a trash pile.

#10 | Posted by Zed at 2026-10-22 04:35 PM | Reply

You live in a place with an astronomical cost of living and blame everyone else with money because you can't afford anything.

#6 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Why should I pay $13.00 for a two-piece chicken basket?

I can afford it. But why should I have to?

#11 | Posted by Zed at 2026-10-22 04:38 PM | Reply

POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

The sandwich I paid $8.00 for not long ago now costs me almost fifteen.

I enjoy eating out. But I can see not doing so out of outrage.

I could see some restaurants and restaurant chains collapsing if there are very many people who share my feelings.

Oh, we all know who to blame.

I could see living on rice and beans and being happy. Because I used to live on rice and beans and was happy.

But I have severe doubts about you. Or any of the right-wing snowflakes that you know.

#12 | Posted by Zed at 2026-10-22 04:46 PM | Reply

Just wait until they run out of other people's money and the rich flee for higher ground.
#6 | Posted by lfthndthrds

You're saying the rich will leave the USA and set up shop someplace that isn't 40 trillion dollars in debt?

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-22 04:53 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Just wait until they run out of other people's money and the rich flee for higher ground.
#6 | Posted by lfthndthrds
You're saying the rich will leave the USA and set up shop someplace that isn't 40 trillion dollars in debt?
#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-22 04:53 PM

Collapsing the petro-dollar means crypto needs a new backing..

Empty Bank Day looms closer than you care, imo.

#14 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-10-22 08:09 PM | Reply

Just wait until they run out of other people's money and the rich flee for higher ground.
#6 | Posted by lfthndthrds

They can't all fit into a PO Box in the Caymans.

#15 | Posted by morris at 2026-10-22 08:20 PM | Reply

Saw a chart today that the dollar is collapsing but nothing is replacing it.

This is the unwritten agenda of Project 2025. Total systemic breakdown.

Over a few generations, the earth is depopulated by 80%. The rich believe their money will put them in the 20%.

It's like the kid from Twilight Zone who wished them into the cornfield read some Ayn Rand and heard about the Pareto Principle.

This is what Boaz and the rest voted for.
Find me any Trumper who says an 80% die-off of humans is a bad idea.

Happy Extinction!

#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-22 08:23 PM | Reply

Saw a chart today that the dollar is collapsing but nothing is replacing it.

Not yet .. you're so impatient.

#17 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-10-22 08:50 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Collapsing the petro-dollar means crypto needs a new backing..

Crypto has little long term future. It will be broken with upcoming "hardware" advances.

#18 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-10-22 08:51 PM | Reply

You're saying the rich will leave the USA and set up shop someplace that isn't 40 trillion dollars in debt?

No they won't have to leave, just their wealth. There are so many illegal immigrants, I don't see why a rich person won't come back illegally.

In the long run wealthy won't hold US dollars or anything associated with US dollars (euro dollars). Don't know how you tax internationally at that point.

#19 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-10-22 08:54 PM | Reply

So...ol turd-boy's now a Skeletar fan...nice to see he's coming around!

#20 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-10-22 10:20 PM | Reply

So...ol turd-boy's now a Skeletar fan...nice to see he's coming around!

#20 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-10-22 10:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

AngryDrunk strikes again.. You sucked Carville's balls until you found a Bush baby to latch onto. Shameless.

#21 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-23 11:00 AM | Reply

wait until they run out of other people's money

Ooh, Turds read a bumper sticker.

Turds pimps for Carville because he's from Louisiana and Turds wants us all to thank his French relatives for giving us the bayous.

Chump.

#22 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-10-23 11:06 AM | Reply

Turds: How does it feel to get hammered immediately once you post a thread. Then you don't even attempt to defend it.

Sucking balls. At 11am.

Perv.

#23 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-10-23 11:08 AM | Reply

-How does it feel to get hammered immediately once you post a thread

Hammered? Carville is your boy. How does it feel? I might do a double take if it were people with an IQ over 70 doing the crying.

#24 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-23 11:22 AM | Reply

OK Boomer...

#25 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-10-23 11:30 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Hammered? Carville is your boy. How does it feel?

It feels like you missed the point of the article entirely.

Did you even bother to read the article?

Winning with a razor thin majority would be no different than the GOP being held hostage by the "freedumb caucus". Congress would still be deadlocked.

#26 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-10-23 11:57 AM | Reply

-Did you even bother to read the article?

Yeah, and I see a Democrat who was a leading voice in the party warning against these socialist candidates. So much so, that he'd rather the Democrats not take over the majority.

#27 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-23 12:02 PM | Reply

-OK Boomer...

Gen X. Would you like to build another pile of straw?

#28 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-23 12:03 PM | Reply

I actually agree. Not because I'm scared of the DSA boogeyman, but because the worst thing the Dems can do is have control and try to act on it. It's always the quickest, most reliable way for Dems to make people want to vote GOP.

#29 | Posted by jpw at 2026-10-23 12:11 PM | Reply

So much so, that he'd rather the Democrats not take over the majority.

#27 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

And I bet that sent a thrill up your leg!

Fortunately for James and too bad for you ... it looks like the Dems will win by more than 5 seats.

Looks like it will be from 12-22 pickups.

Enjoy the ash heap.

#30 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-10-23 12:52 PM | Reply

-Fortunately for James and too bad for you ... it looks like the Dems will win by more than 5 seats.

Maybe so, but you couldn't get them to the polls to vote for the last clown your party ran for President. Good luck with that.

#31 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-23 02:13 PM | Reply

Gen X. Would you like to build another pile of straw?

I was talking about Carville, dipshit.

Not everything is about you.

#32 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-10-23 02:27 PM | Reply

Carville hasn't been right on anything since Clinton. His predictions about Trump have all been one big joke.

Clinton was a decent POTUS, but basically Republican Lite. Which was right for the time, and Carville was right.

But since then, being Republican Lite has done what for Dems? They have Chuck Schumer, basically Susan Collins with a dick. Jeffries likes to talk big in front of the cameras, but his members don't even listen to him. Wet paper bag and all performative.

If anyone wonders why the public at large can't see much difference between a Republican and a Democrat, it's because the Democrats don't want them to see much of a difference.

It isn't working, and hasn't for some time.

#33 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-10-23 02:46 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Carville hasn't been right on anything since Clinton. His predictions about Trump have all been one big joke.
Clinton was a decent POTUS, but basically Republican Lite. Which was right for the time, and Carville was right.
But since then, being Republican Lite has done what for Dems? They have Chuck Schumer, basically Susan Collins with a dick. Jeffries likes to talk big in front of the cameras, but his members don't even listen to him. Wet paper bag and all performative.
If anyone wonders why the public at large can't see much difference between a Republican and a Democrat, it's because the Democrats don't want them to see much of a difference.
It isn't working, and hasn't for some time.
#33 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-10-23 02:46 PM | Reply | Flag:

Good post.

#34 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-10-23 02:52 PM | Reply

The only people listening to Carville are republicans.

They love him.

#35 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-10-23 02:52 PM | Reply

Not everything is about you.

#32 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-10-23 02:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

Usually, it is with raetards like you. My bad, you get a pass this time.

#36 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-23 03:07 PM | Reply

What really stands out in the recent past is that he told you what this woke shit was going to get you.

Look what happened to Woke Salad Annie.

#37 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-23 03:13 PM | Reply

Usually, it is with raetards like you.

Nothing has changed. As usual it's just you saying dumb shit to try and piss off the libs.

Only 2 Zacharias to go before you go crying to Trumpy to demand more cruelty to your political opponents.

#38 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-10-23 03:19 PM | Reply

Carville says a lot of dumb things. Thinking Trump continuing to destroy America with no one attempting to stop him is preferable to having a house majority that has not negotiate with itself is a very dumb thing.

#39 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-10-23 03:27 PM | Reply