Democratic political consultant James Carville warned Democrats to expect a tough presidential race in a fundraising email entitled “nightmare” that he wrote on behalf of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Mr. Carville, a television pundit and key strategist on President Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign blamed his nightmare scenario on a “plot to buy the election” enacted by the Koch brothers, “big-oil” billionaires and Republican super PACs.
“I want to tell you that President Obama has a second term in the bag. I want to tell you that the Koch Brothers are giving up their plot to buy the election,” Mr. Carville wrote. “But here’s where things really stand: We’re gonna have to go through hell and high-
Mr. Carville also warned Democrats “if we don’t fight back, it’ll be over long before November” and promised that “every dollar” raised will “go straight to the front lines” to “back up President Obama with a Democratic majority” as well as “organizers on the ground and ads on the air hitting Republicans.”
Read Mr. Carville’s full email below:
“From: James Carville dccc@dccc.org
To: XXXXXX
Subject: nightmare
XXXXX–
I wish I had good news for you.
I want to tell you that President Obama has a second term in the bag. I want to tell you that the Koch Brothers are giving up their plot to buy the election.
But here’s where things really stand: We’re gonna have to go through hell and high-
If we don’t fight back, it’ll be over long before November.
Every dollar we can muster will go straight to the front lines — organizers on the ground and ads on the air hitting Republicans where it hurts.
If you’re with us, then give what you can today:
C’mon now!
James”
