So. Here’s the story . From a liberal media outlet. An “Exclusive” story about Herman Cain. A story about a black man who is a conservative and just by coincidence is now riding high in the presidential polls. A story about anonymous women making allegations of sexual harassment against Mr. Cain. And getting bucks for their efforts. Women who won a “settlement” for the charges, which are said to be centering on “inappropriate behavior” by Mr. Cain during his tenure as the head of the National Restaurant Association. That’s all there appears to be. But shall we recall another time? When a sitting President of the United States, a white liberal, was accused by multiple women of not only sexual harassment… but rape? And the sum and substance of the response from his supporters was that these kind of charges were only about sex. Just one big no deal. To be specific in terms of the response from one James Carville of Clinton advisory fame: “Drag a hundred-dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you’ll find.” Perhaps this story is really only about the upgrade of the Carville scenario from the dragging of cash through a trailer park to the National Restaurant Association? And maybe a bit higher end on the cash front? Oh yes. One other memory. The last time this kind of story was deserving of keeping somebody from high office, strangely enough that target turned out to be a black conservative man as well. So. Do we have this right? We can’t have a conservative black man in the Oval Office because he was once accused by anonymous women of “inappropriate behavior”? But we can give a pass and an attaboy to a liberal white man who was actually in the Oval Office when accused of infinitely worse behavior by said multiples of women? Including, say again, rape? And now everybody just has a big ole laugh about it all at said ex-president’s 65th birthday when Lady Gaga shakes her booty at Bill and everybody roars? Yes indeed. That does appear to be the game. Alas, too many people have seen this movie. So they already know what to call this. High Tech Lynching of an Uppity Conservative Black man. The Sequel.

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Democratic strategist James Carville is no more optimistic about President Obama ‘s prospects today than he was a month ago when he urged Obama to fire his economic staff. Here’s what Carville said Tuesday in an interview with radio host Scott Hennen : “Look, this is an election that is going to be very difficult for an incumbent president to win. Having said that, I don’t know how much more the Republicans could do to try to give it to him than they’re doing. So, we’ll have to wait and see.” “Everything worries me in this environment. Nobody’s gotten elected with these kinds of numbers. So, I’m worried in the general election. I profoundly admit that. Again, Romney’s just making a technocratic kind of confidence argument, and he’s really kind of a windsock of a guy. If you don’t like his position on something, give it a day he’ll change it.” Listen to the full exchange: h/t Time

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**Written by Doug Powers James Carville and Sarah Palin have found common ground on an issue. From Politico : Speaking to reporters Thursday, Democratic strategist James Carville dropped this one-liner: “If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, he’d have two.” [video link at end of post - DP] The quote was first noted by Tribune reporter Mike Memoli on his Twitter account. Carville made his remarks at a breakfast discussion hosted by the Christian Science Monitor at Washington, D.C.’s St. Regis Hotel. Actually he’d still have one because the teleprompter runs on the other one. But it’s a ridiculous claim that you need look no further than here or here to dispel. As for Hillary, Carville’s either speaking metaphorically or he still doesn’t realize this old picture is only a joke — I think: Update: Video of Carville going half-nuts is at Real Clear Politics . **Written by Doug Powers Twitter @ThePowersThatBe

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I think if Allen West tells you to admit something, you had better admit it. A lot of the last-minute negative attacks are the Democrats begging the electorate, “please, please, please, let's talk about anything except our record over the past two years. James Carville, 1992: “It's the economy, stupid.” Carville, today : “You can't just talk about the economy.” Jim Geraghty

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Democracy Corps, Carville's outfit, finds that among likely voters nationwide , 42 percent prefer the Democratic candidate, 49 percent prefer the GOP candidate. Democrats lead among the “drop off voters” — i.e., the folks not likely to vote this year — 47 percent to 40 percent. Jim Geraghty

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I’ll Bet These Numbers Left Carville Wincing. Er, More Than Usual.