Carville Responds to Biden Campaign Using His Name to Fundraise After He Predicted President Will Drop Out of Race

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8. Carville didn't "predict the President will drop out of the race."

There's no quote in the Axios piece to that effect. And what's with the weird title? What's the "Biden Oligarchy" referenced in the Axios gossip column?

Behind the Curtain: Biden oligarchy will decide fate

James Carville — the "Ragin' Cajun" who masterminded Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign in 1992, and now is a frequent TV pundit — will be 80 in October. He told us that if he appeared like Biden did during the debate, he'd want to be pulled off the tube.

"I never thought this was a nifty idea," Carville said of Biden's run. He said there are few people the president really listens to: "He doesn't have advisers. He has employees."

When we pressed Carville on whether he thinks Biden will be off the ticket by Election Day, he said he thinks so. He invoked a famous quote by the late economist Herb Stein, which Carville paraphrased as: "That which can't continue … won't.

https://www.axios.com/2024/06/29/biden-debate-replace-advisers