You don’t begin a book in Berkeley, California. Not if you’re trying to win converts to the Democratic Party. It’s too liberal, too alienating for moderates.
You only begin in Berkeley if you are shilling for Republicans. Then it’s an easy case to make. You talk about the college town’s unbridled hedonism, a modern-day Sodom. You mention the braless students . . . the hydroponic marijuana farms . . . the flag-burning rallies . . . the classes in pansexual theory. And you punctuate it with a classic “Thanks, Obama.”
I get it. Berkeley can be seen as the embarrassing nephew for Democrats like me. Never mind that I grew up in the farthest place from Berkeley. In Louisiana we were so deep in the sticks they had to pipe in sunlight. Still, I can hear my editors saying, “Why not swap out California for Ohio? Why not begin with a midforties factory worker? Or a white mother of 2.5 children? That’s the demographic sweet spot. That’s what all the presidential candidates do! Don’t begin in Berkeley.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James Carville is an American political consultant, commentator, educator, actor, attorney, media personality, and prominent liberal pundit. He rose to prominence after spearheading Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 bid for the presidency. Carville was cohost of CNN’s Crossfire until its final broadcast in June 2005. Since 2009 he has taught political science at Tulane University in New Orleans. He is married to the Republican political consultant Mary Matalin, and they have two daughters.
ALSO BY JAMES CARVILLE
- Love & War (with Mary Matalin)
- It’s the Middle Class, Stupid! (with Stan Greenberg)
- 40 More Years (with Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza)
- Take It Back (with Paul Begala)
- Had Enough? (with Jeff Nussbaum)
- Stickin’: The Case for Loyalty
- Buck Up, Suck Up . . . and Come Back When You Foul Up (with Paul Begala)
- . . . And the Horse He Rode In On
- We’re Right, They’re Wrong
- All’s Fair (with Mary Matalin)
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