Carville’s Crystal Ball
James Carville has announced that he knows who the Republican nominee for president will be. Giuliani? Nope. Romney? Not a chance. Thompson? No, not him, either. Carville says it will be………Jeb Bush!
Democratic strategist and CNN analyst James Carville tossed out a provocative idea during a panel discussion on politics Tuesday.
At CNN's America Votes 2008 Breakfast, the chief architect of Bill Clinton's successful 1992 presidential run predicted that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will be the Republican nominee in 2008. Jeb is a younger brother of President Bush.
Carville bolstered his prediction, highlighting Jeb Bush's career: He was a successful governor of a large state, he enjoys the support of social conservatives, he speaks Spanish, and "he's somebody the party could rally around," Carville said.
"There is nobody in this field who can rally the Republican Party; he's the only person in America that can do it," he added.
But fellow CNN analyst and former Oklahoma GOP Congressman J.C. Watts disagreed with Carville, saying, "The conventional wisdom caucus, the establishment of the Party, pardon my English, but they ain't going to allow that to happen."
Now we here at Blue Crab Boulevard have a little confession to make. One of our secret front operations, Madame Zelda's Political Arcane Supply Emporium and E-Z Check Cashing, Inc. shipped a special political crystal ball to Carville for the 2008 election cycle. We admit that the ball was not actually crystal and may have been a factory second. Or maybe even dangerously defective. One from the same lot was used to see who the Democratic nominee would be. It's horrifying.
UPDATE: John Hawkins: "Of course, Jeb Bush is going to be the nominee. He's going show up in New Hampshire, riding a unicorn with legions of gnomes and pixies tossing magical happy dust everywhere, and he's going to win with 96% of the vote."
James Joyner: "Given that it was a breakfast meeting, one would presume Carville was sober when he made these comments. While I respect his skills as a political analyst, though, this strikes me as more than a little farfetched."
By feeblemind, Tuesday, 16 October , 2007 @ 7:58 pm
Horrifying? Oh, I don’t know. Unless I missed something, it looks like an improvement on the current field.
By FedUp, Tuesday, 16 October , 2007 @ 9:23 pm
Quick! I gotta know… does the little snowman in the ‘crystal ball’ look like Jeb???
By Gaius, Tuesday, 16 October , 2007 @ 9:27 pm
Um. It might.
http://www.tvparty.com/xmasrudolph.html