I know it's a tagential point, but I hadn't realized that Bay Buchanan was running Tancredo's campaign.

Best laugh I've had all day.

Tom-mentum's coming people! Batten down the hatches!

Yeah, I saw that segment yesterday.  It's outrageous, but I lost my respect for Carville a long time ago.  Fortunately, Obama had a solid interview with Wolf later in the show.

You mean Bay Buchanan isn't just Pat in a dress?

I appreciate this diary very much...

Some folks around here don't seem to understand how corrosive this kind of Politico-style, etc. mindless conventional wisdom perpetuation really is...

It's sad really, Carville's book "We're right, They're Wrong" anticipated blogosphere in many ways. Carville and Begala were the first big shots to recognzie Media Whores Online and Atrios.

It's a shame. A real shame.

The only way Clinton can win is by this sort of deception and buying of support.

I don't understand. Carville isn't being paid by Clinton. Why is that regarded as somehow trivial? If he is acting as official consultant to the campaign, could it be that he shares the Clinton's opinions on many issues? And could it also be the reason why he is on TV "on message" as you say, because of the nature of his political belief system?

If he's not on the payroll, I don't see what the fuss is about. Plus he's a bad political analyst. How does that help Hillary?

Does anyone really NOT know who's side Carville is on??  Isn't it possible he could be RIGHT about Obama being a little thin on issues?

Fine, CNN should label him a Clinton supporter or whatever. And he should self disclose like Cramer on CNBC. Or they should have him resign. But he's on an OPINION segment. He offered an OPINION.

These are venial sins, not mortal ones.

And, oh, by the way, Obama IS a little thin on the issues, as anyone who was a State Senator 28 months ago would be.

Well, don't worry, I'm sure Howard Kurtz will be all over this conflict of interest at CNN... oh, um, yeah, maybe not.

"Carville isn't getting money from Clinton, but there are other ways of compensation in politics and everyone knows that."

Yeah, and everyone also knows that James Carville is associated with the Clintons. This is akin to being shocked and disgusted 10 years from now if Karl Rove is a political commentator and makes pro-Bush comments, if Jeb is running for president.

Wolf Blitzer, or anyone else, should absolutely get Carville on record as a Hillary supporter when he makes statements like that. Otherwise I don't see any problem.

For one thing, Carville's statement was hardly outlandish. Obama's performance in the Las Vegas health care forum was described much worse than "less than impressive" on MyDD, in a diary by Jerome with links to Las Vegas Gleaner and elsewhere.

I've emailed the Situation Room before to have him and Paul labeled as Clinton advisors.

I think it is time we all remind CNN of the ethics of not telling that Carvelle is working for Hillary and not an unbiased pundit.  Nor is Begalla.  this needs to be pushed.

It's part of Carville's waning influence in the party.  This is the same as after the midterms, when he tried to incite an insurrection against Dean and replace him with Harold Ford, who is of course now at the DLC.

Hillary is the last chance for Carville, Begala, the DLC and the rest of the Clintonistas, and they are going to pull out everything they can against the other candidates.

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