Carville predicts Obama will be the nominee!!

He's even going to send a check!! The quote below is a MUST read!

This is a CNN Report:

James Carville has been one of Hillary Clinton's most energetic defenders, but on Monday he all but declared Barack Obama will become the Democratic nominee for president.

Speaking to students at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, Carville argued Clinton should stay in through the final nominating contest in early June, but said the Democratic tide appears to be moving in Obama's direction.

"I still hear some dogs barking," Carville said, according to The State newspaper. "I'm for Senator Clinton, but I think the great likelihood is that Obama will be the nominee."

"As soon as I determine when that is, I'll send him a check," he added.

Asked about who might share a ticket with Obama, Carville floated Clinton's name, as well as that of Clinton ally Gen. Wesley Clark. Carville also mentioned Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg as possible running mates, according the Greenville News.

•  He's a ball of slime...

  ... but he knows enough about politics to know when someone is finished.

  by droogie6655321 on Tue May 13, 2008 at 08:47:24 AM PDT

  •  he isnt Slime, he is a JUDAS ;) n/t

    by KnotIookin on Tue May 13, 2008 at 09:01:03 AM PDT

•  not breaking, please use BREAKING for

  exception NEWS.  This is not.  Look down the list, this has been diaried several times.  Delete.

  by icebergslim on Tue May 13, 2008 at 08:48:19 AM PDT

  •  When Bloomberg, Nunn, and the rest met months

    ago to determine if Bloomberg or someone else should run for President as an independent. It was determined that if Obama could pull it out of the hat, they would not run.

    I like New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

    Don't gasp. Don't yell, "WHAT!! A black guy and a Jew!?"

    Aren't you paying attention?

    'Tis the season of transcendent politics, the year we all (or most of us) move beyond bigotry, racism and old models of building the same tired coalitions to try to win elections.

    It's the year of audacity, of thinking outside the box.

    Picking Bloomberg is certainly that.

    Crazy, you say? Maybe so. And, yeah, I know it's a long shot.

    But Bloomberg would help secure the Jewish vote, a key Democratic constituency; ease silly fears that Obama's a Muslim; and end suspicions that an Obama administration might be anti-Israel.

    Bloomberg, 66, would bring age and experience to the ticket - not to mention, as an independent, even more appeal to swing voters.

    The self-made billionaire Bloomberg would mean serious economic cred (and self-funding, if needed) and management skills to revive the economy.

    Hey, he did it for himself; he can do it for the country.

    And Obama and Bloomie sing similar songs: Getting results is more important than winning partisan points; good ideas are more important than political ideology.

    They agree, in short, on the need for a new approach to leadership.

    Their motto?

    It's not just about changing parties, it's about changing politics.

    And all those long-entrenched Democratic bigwigs? Fuhgeddaboudem. What did they ever do for Obama?

    I know that conventional wisdom says Obama's veep needs loads of foreign-policy and/or federal-government expertise.

    So most suggestions are pretty predictable.

    Michael Fauntroy, assistant professor of public policy at George Mason University, says: "Well, even though it sort of flies in the face of his own campaign, he may decide to pick someone with national experience and credentials. . . . I think [New Mexico Gov.] Bill Richardson has to be on the short list," along with former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards.

    When I mention Bloomberg, Fauntroy laughs and asks, "If you're a multibillionaire, do you really want to be vice president? And do you want to spend your summer attacking John McCain?"

    Fair points.

    But Bloomie's more fun than the rest of the litter.

    Notre Dame political-science professor Darren Davis says Obama can grab Hillary Democrats and women with a pick such as Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, 50, a former U.S. attorney and state attorney general.

    Or go for foreign-policy experience with Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, 65, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chief, or former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn, 69, who chaired the Armed Services Committee.

    Others like Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, 62, a Marine veteran who was secretary of the Navy under President Reagan; or Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, 66, a onetime minister and congressional veteran, popular in an important state.
    http://www.philly.com/...

    by Tadly on Tue May 13, 2008 at 02:03:22 PM PDT

•  PS:

  I'm glad to hear him setting an example. It's good for former Clinton backers to support Obama with their votes, but even better for them to support him financially.

  by droogie6655321 on Tue May 13, 2008 at 08:48:20 AM PDT

•  already diaried

  not breaking, not a diary.

  by voila on Tue May 13, 2008 at 08:48:25 AM PDT

•  4th diary on this today...

  by David Kroning on Tue May 13, 2008 at 08:48:30 AM PDT

•  Cajun Style...

  hahahaha

  by Abraham Running For Congress When I Turn 25 on Tue May 13, 2008 at 08:49:00 AM PDT

•  Do you think he got 30 pieces of silver? nt

  by Mickey Thunder on Tue May 13, 2008 at 08:49:33 AM PDT

  •  Perhaps he's concerned about IOUs from Hillary?

    Leaving such a partisan well-placed pundit unpaid can make him feel vastly under-appreciated, and it may reach the point where it behooves him to reassess, and then to seek out more accommodating and rewarding objects of his punditry. And it sure doesn't pay to hesitate for long when a there's emerging power brokers taking the reins from the old guard.

    There's that and having to queue up behind Mark Penn for his share of Clinton-minted silver pieces probably has his accountant indicating collecting for his persistent propoganda catapulting work might have to be written off, a dream gone sour.  Of course, in consideration of HRC's view, she might feel compelled to indicate having so many key talking points blunted into irrelevance is valueless, failing to merit reward, perhaps even having negative value.

    by antirove on Tue May 13, 2008 at 09:16:03 AM PDT

•  Time for a bit of ass covering

  before that commentator career tanks.  One of my favorite collateral benefits of the eventual Obama victory is that these Clintonista turds will lose their luster and get less time on TV.  I hope they knock Little Georgie off sunday morning.

  by Urizen on Tue May 13, 2008 at 08:52:30 AM PDT

•  If Mary Matlin Gave James Carville ...

  .. "One Of Her Cojones, They'd Both Have Two"

  by Eloy on Tue May 13, 2008 at 08:52:31 AM PDT

  •  Nobody talks about having/giving an ovary

    or a Fallopian Tube, or Uterine fortitude...I don't see anyone taking into account what it takes to pop out one of those little 8 lb bundles of joy!

    But I don't mean to egg anyone on...that'd be going ova the top.

    by antirove on Tue May 13, 2008 at 09:20:53 AM PDT

    •  I give people eggs all the time

      but then, I raise chickens.

      by mellowinman on Tue May 13, 2008 at 10:25:47 AM PDT

      •  Might one call that showing some 'plucktitude'?

        by antirove on Tue May 13, 2008 at 02:01:35 PM PDT

•  a broken clock is right 2 a day

  umm. . . he still has one more chance to be right today.  

  by arogue7 on Tue May 13, 2008 at 08:57:23 AM PDT

•  Return the check

  And have him buy some cojones with it. Jerk. I can't wait til ilk like him become irrelevant.

  by LogicaLizE on Tue May 13, 2008 at 08:58:01 AM PDT

  •  I'd like to suggest where to place the clock...

    it could follow up where I'd suggest first putting the long pendulum.

    by antirove on Tue May 13, 2008 at 09:23:09 AM PDT

•  As much as I like Clark for veep ...

  ... and think Obama will need someone with strong national defense/security credentials on his ticket, I'm not sure whether either the retired general or Sen. Jim Webb would be the best candidate to have this fall. Neither is a natural campaigner the way a professional politician like Sam Nunn or Bill Richardson is, but then - fortunately - that decision is up to Barack and his judgment on this is no doubt better than mine.

  In retrospect, however, it is interesting and perhaps instructive to consider how much Obama's primary campaign has resembled Jim Webb's senate campaign in Virginia two years ago. Both of them took on powerful Establishment candidates, and both challenged their opponents with the themes of change and breaking away from the old practice of business-as-usual politics. It will be fascinating to see if that approach can be as successful in the general election in November.

  For this reason alone, however, it also means that Clinton would be the worst possible person Obama could put second on his ticket. It just doesn't seem like a net vote-getter to me.

  by philimus on Tue May 13, 2008 at 09:08:10 AM PDT

  •  yeah - for one thing

    every Republican I know who is supporting Obama will hesitate to vote for him with Hillary on the ticket.

    by Pandoras Box on Tue May 13, 2008 at 10:44:48 AM PDT

•  After 2 Obama terms Bloomberg 74, Gen. Clark 71..

  and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius would be 68 years old. Too old, in my opinion.

  by Mr SeeMore on Tue May 13, 2008 at 09:10:21 AM PDT

•  Judas.

  by CaptUnderpants on Tue May 13, 2008 at 09:39:17 AM PDT

•  Bloomberg or Clinton would be disasters.

  Bill Bradley would be terrific.
  .

  by ponderer on Tue May 13, 2008 at 10:00:17 AM PDT