In 40 More Years, Democratic campaign strategist and Ragin’ Cajun James Carville celebrated the Democrats’ 2008 electoral victory. He argued that if Democrats rebuild Americans trust in government as a force of good, they could dominate politics not just for the next four years but for the next four decades.
This interview was from My 2009 before this week’s historic shellacking.
It looks like Carville was off by about 38 years.
But, he was right about one thing.
It will take America 40 to dig out from the hole they left us in.