James Carville does his zombie act on "Meet the Press"

As Charlie Pierce succinctly illustrates, James Carville has long since became a sad caricature of his 1992 self, stuck forever in a bubble of classic Clintonian triangulation rhetoric.

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The Hill article quotes Carville spouting pedestrian marketing advice, untethered from any strategic or policy goals:

Todd also asked Carville how the White House could overcome "a public that is just in a bad mood" citing pandemic fatigue.

"How do you sell the good stuff that you believe he can sell to a country that's not very receptive right now?" Todd asked.

"You gloat and promote," Carville responded. "What you do, Chuck, is you run on what you got. You don't run on what you didn't get. And the stuff you got is pretty good."

"So just focus on what you got, what you've done, and what you want to do to make people's lives better. That’s it. You’ve got to go out and you’ve got to gloat and you’ve got to promote. And if inflation is still at 7% in November this year, we'll lose anyway. But I don’t -- a lot of people don't think that's going to be the case," Carville said.

And - surprise! surprise! - Carville blames the loss of model Clintonite moderate Terry McAuliffe in last year Virginia gubernatorial election on - progressives. Of course he does.

He apparently thinks wearing a beat-up-looking baseball cap during the interview, apparently thinking that gives him a reg'lar-guy look.