James Carville blames Biden’s late 2024 exit for hurting Democratic Party
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Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville argued Sunday that former President Joe Biden’s earlier refusal to withdraw from the 2024 election has caused lasting damage to his party.
“So the reason the Democratic Party is in this situation is because Joe Biden isn’t going to come out until July 21st of the election year, okay?” Carville said of himself: “Political War Room” podcast. “If Joe Biden had left in October 2023, we would have had a Democratic president. Don’t kid yourself.”
“And by the way, everyone on the left who says Democrats aren’t fighting hard enough hasn’t said a word about Biden running for re-election,” he continued. “None of them. They all lined up.”
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Democratic political strategist James Carville said former President Joe Biden not only led to the loss of the 2024 election but also left the Democratic Party divided. (Getty Images)
Carville has previously talked about how the Democratic Party’s relationship with far-left identity politics has clung to its reputation like a bad “bad smell,” even though some in the party have tried to change it.
But despite his recommendations and similar comments from established Democratic voices, the insurgent wing of Democratic socialists continued to gain influence within the party.
“I don’t know. I just don’t know,” CNN senior analyst Ron Brownstein said when asked how Democrats should treat this emerging group even as they try to distance themselves from past far-left positions.
“I never thought I’d see this. I’m having a little bit of a hard time adjusting to it, both politically and personally,” Carville said.
Brownstein suggested there is a clear lesson to be learned from 2026.
“If the center wants to win in ’28, they will have to show two things: They have learned from the past and they are determined to confront the MAGA movement with greater vigor,” Brownstein said. he said. “I don’t think 26 proves that the left will win in 28, but it does show that the center will have to fight to maintain control of the party.”
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend the inauguration of Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Both men were criticized or told to leave the political spotlight after the election. (Saul Loeb – Pool/Getty Images)
Although Carville frequently condemned the far-left wing of his party, he argued that Democrats needed a change.
“We lost because people wanted change in the election and we didn’t give it to them,” he said. “And now after we’ve done it, ‘Fight, fight!’ they say. “Great, okay, great,” he said. “The flaw of the Democratic Party right now is that we don’t have the power, Biden dropped out of the race too late. And if there was any election, my personal opinion is, we would have won the race and it wouldn’t have been close to that.”
“I’m not so sure the Democrats could win even if they did,” Brownstein replied. “But there is no doubt that his staying here further diminishes their chances.”
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Democratic strategist James Carville lamented the rise of Democratic socialists and suggested there must be a division within the party. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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