Carville's Complaint

James Carville is getting desperate:

Carville is under the impression that pretty much anyone on the Democrats' bench could "beat the pants off Mr. Trump," even though most polls show these replacements performing no better than Biden — and mostly worse. Carville doesn't seem to have an accurate pulse reading of the situation. "I’m not worried about our talent. We have a staggeringly talented new generation of leaders," he said. Polls suggest otherwise. Trump's position improves when pitted against all the likely alternatives, when the same man most voters think isn't capable of handling the presidency is doing better than the back-ups, that's a problem. "I’m not worried about the money. Americans will be fired up by this open process, and many are already fired up to beat Mr. Trump," Carville continued. Again, voters are used to knowing who their candidate is by the time summer rolls around, so an extended pseudo-primary is likely to be divisive, not unifying. "I’m not worried about time. We have excitement and momentum on our side," Carvile insisted. No, you don't. We're less than four months from Election Day, and the time for this to have taken place has long passed. "And our opponent?" Carville asked. "The one born with a platinum spoon but no moral compass? The pathological liar? The felon? The predator found liable for sexual abuse? The wannabe dictator? The Putin lickspittle? I’m not worried about him, either." You should be. Voters have already concluded that the lawsuits and criminal trials against Trump were politically motivated and rejected the scare tactics warning about the end of our democracy. Lord knows the whole Putin thing has gotten so old and overused; do voters even listen to that garbage anymore? Donald Trump was headed to victory before the debate. Carville is lying to himself and Democratic voters because if Trump has proven anything this cycle, it's that he's resilient and the Democrats' efforts to destroy him haven't worked.

But people like him are still trying...