James Carville: Hillary, Obama, and Balls

James Carville is getting a lot of attention for his comment comparing Hillary Clinton and Obama.

Carville made his remark at a "breakfast discussion hosted by the Christian Science Monitor at Washington, D.C.'s St. Regis Hotel" yesterday.

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JAMES CARVILLE: I'm the guy on the campaign that said if Hillary gave [Obama] one of her balls, they'd both have two.

I suppose this a bigger deal now because, after all, Obama is the president. But Carville started using some version of that line years ago.

As he said, during the 2008 campaign, Carville shared his doubts about Obama's testicular fortitude.

From the Huffington Post, May 4, 2008:

The ragin' Cajun, James Carville, offers some...interesting...analysis to Newsweek:

Reminded that Obama continues to narrow the lead that Hillary once enjoyed among superdelegates, Carville quips, "A superdelegate commitment and four bucks will get you a cup of coffee at the Ritz-Carlton." Perhaps he had in mind Joe Andrew, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, appointed by Bill Clinton, who endorsed Hillary on the day she announced for president, and Thursday switched his endorsement to Obama, saying he thinks it's time for the party to come together. Carville takes the view that the longer Obama is out there under scrutiny, the more the voters see his vulnerabilities. "Everything that's happened to him is not because of her. She hasn't laid much of a glove on him other than just being there," Carville says.

Obama didn't have much choice in deciding to take on Wright. It was a fight he did all he could to avoid, acting only when it threatened to destroy his candidacy. "The Republicans will eat him alive" is what the Clinton campaign is telling the superdelegates. Hillary is the tougher of the two, the candidate you want on your side in a knife fight, a gender reversal that prompts Carville to indulge in some ribald humor: "If she gave him one of her cojones, they'd both have two."

Apparently, Carville has not changed his opinion of Obama after two years as president. He still believes Obama is lacking.

Carville refuses to apologize.

CARVILLE: If I offended anybody, I'm not sorry and I don't apologize.

That's entertainment!