{"id":2368573,"date":"2024-11-13T15:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T20:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carville-chalks-up-2024-loss-to-exotic-positions-of-few-in-democratic-party-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T15:13:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T20:13:33","slug":"carville-chalks-up-2024-loss-to-exotic-positions-of-few-in-democratic-party-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carville-chalks-up-2024-loss-to-exotic-positions-of-few-in-democratic-party-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Carville chalks up 2024 loss to \u2018exotic positions\u2019 of few in Democratic Party &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcarville-chalks-up-2024-loss-to-exotic-positions-of-few-in-democratic-party-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2368573&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>James Carville,\u2063 a Democratic\u200b strategist, discussed the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-leader-slams-marjorie-taylor-greene-a-cancer-for-the-republican-party\/\" title=\"Top Republican Leader Slams Marjorie Taylor Greene: A \u2018Cancer For The Republican Party\u2019\">challenges facing<\/a> \u200dhis\u2062 party following a significant \u200delectoral loss in\u200b 2024. \u200dAppearing on\u200d *The Beat \u2063with Ari Melber*,\u200c Carville pointed to what he described as the &#8220;stench&#8221; of the party&#8217;s alignment with &#8220;exotic positions,&#8221; particularly focusing on identity politics. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-political-director-rick-klein-calls-for-cleansing-pro-trump-movement\/\" title=\"ABC Political Director Rick Klein calls for \u2018cleansing\u2019 pro-Trump movement\">expressed concern<\/a> that \u2062such\u2063 policies \u2062contributed to the Democratic\u200b Party&#8217;s recent setbacks, including Vice President Kamala\u2062 Harris&#8217;s \u2063unsuccessful campaign. \u2062Carville noted that \u2063even as Harris tried to distance herself\u2063 from these views, the association remained detrimental, suggesting it might take years for the \u200dparty to\u200d recover \u2064from the negative\u200d perceptions tied to these &#8220;exotic&#8221; stances.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Carville chalks up 2024 loss to &lsquo;exotic positions&rsquo; of few in Democratic Party<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1879074\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democratic<\/a> strategist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-carville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">James Carville<\/a> expressed what he&rsquo;s learned about the &ldquo;stench&rdquo; his <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">whole party<\/a> carries due to the &ldquo;exotic positions&rdquo; of a few.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Carville appeared on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-beat-with-ari-melber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"the Beat with Ari Melber\">The Beat with Ari Melber<\/a><\/em>  Tuesday, a week after his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rep-stephanie-murphy-unloads-on-democrat-party-you-cant-keep-promising-rainbows-and-unicorns\/\" title=\"Democrat Rep. Stephanie Murphy Unloads on Democrat Party: &#039;You Can\u2019t Keep Promising Rainbows and Unicorns&#039;\u00a0\">party lost control<\/a> of the White House and Senate. He lamented that his party has become synonymous with &ldquo;exotic&rdquo; policies, which he defined as &ldquo;identity politics,&rdquo; and how Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s former proclamations of these policies likely lost her the race.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Harris] does not bring this up, but this stuff is like smoke on your clothes out of a fireplace. You can&rsquo;t wash it off &hellip; and it&rsquo;s gonna take another four years before we wash the stench of this off of our clothes,&rdquo; Carville said. &ldquo;Unfortunately, although she did renounce these positions, Vice President Harris, and then-candidate for president Harris, was kind of enamored with some of these &lsquo;exotic&rsquo; positions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2692982&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=f46028f0f7afcc78a33b59b145c538b0\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Carville expressed his wish that President Joe Biden had dropped out much earlier in the race than he did, even if it happened immediately following his disastrous presidential debate against Donald Trump. Had Biden done so, Carville predicted another eight candidates might have stepped forward as primary elections were still in the process. In his opinion, another strong Democratic candidate without any ties to these same exotic positions might have risen to the top.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When they look at us, they think we&rsquo;re an urban, old party that&rsquo;s attached to some exotic positions, which is not the case of many Democrats out there in the country,&rdquo; Carville said. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re very skilled and would have made a great primary and a lot of fun, and I think would have done the party brand a lot of good.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When Harris first ran for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kerry-prioritizes-so-called-climate-change-over-human-rights-issues-in-china\/\" title=\"Kerry prioritizes so-called climate change over human rights issues in China\">president ahead<\/a> of the 2020 race, she proclaimed she believed in fewer deportations and the possibility of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">offering immigrants health insurance<\/a> upon their arrival. She also proposed a Medicare For All plan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1879074\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1879074\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carville blames 2024 loss on a few Democrats&#8217; &#8216;exotic positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2368574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP20039811940303.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32431,37143,32923,33017,32076],"class_list":["post-2368573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-election","tag-carville","tag-democratic-party","tag-political-analysis","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP20039811940303.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368573"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2368577,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368573\/revisions\/2368577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2368574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}