Doc Talk Podcast: James Carville On His Pivotal Role Pushing Biden From The Presidential Race And Why Winning Is Everything, Stupid
deadline.comFormer House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is generally credited (or faulted, depending on your perspective) for orchestrating President Joe Biden’s exit from the 2024 presidential race.
But there was someone equally if not more responsible for that titanic political development: James Carville. The veteran Democratic strategist’s definitive role convincing the party establishment that Biden needed to step aside is explored in the new documentary Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid, directed by Matt Tyrnauer.
The award-winning filmmaker and his subject – scratch that, his protagonist – join the latest episode of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast.
Carville, the “Ragin’ Cajun” who oversaw Bill Clinton’s successful White House bid in 1992, explains why he concluded Biden would lose to Donald Trump in 2024 and the intense blowback he faced after he publicly called for the incumbent president to move aside.
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