I don’t believe that James Carville believes what he saying. My guess is that behind closed doors—he is despondent and very frustrated. Carville knows that Barack Obama is out of his depth and unable to be another Bill Clinton. It’s just not in the cards. In back of his mind, if not even consciously, Carville knows that the Democrats are in deep trouble. Obama is not a real leader.

It is foolish to argue that Barack Obama merely needs to reword his previous statements. Bringing back David Plouffe into the inner circle will do next to nothing. It may even make things worse. Purple and red state voters are not bratty little children requiring better parenting methods. On the contrary, they usually have precise and well thought out reasons for opposing Obama’s policies.