Democratic strategist James Carville acknowledged in a New York Times op-ed that he was wrong to believe that Vice President Kamala Harris would prevail in the 2024 presidential election.
However, Carville also said that he had hope that his party could make a comeback in the near future simply due to what he says will be the unpopularity of the GOP's economic agenda.
"There will be plenty to oppose," argued Carville. "Our central message must revolve around opposing Republicans’ tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. It is deeply unpopular, and we know they want to do it again."
He then outlined some more of the ways that the GOP agenda will harm American workers.
"We know Republicans will most likely skyrocket everyday costs with slapstick tariffs; they will almost certainly attempt to slash the Affordable Care Act, raising premiums on the working class; and they will probably do next to nothing to curb the cost of prescription drugs," he wrote. "In a truly stunning display of inhumanity, the speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, has already lacerated health care funding for Sept. 11 emergency workers and survivors. There will be much, much worse to come."
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Carville also said that Democrats can't just oppose Republicans' economic plans but must pitch some of their own to give voters something to support.
"Let’s start by forcing them to oppose a raise in the minimum wage to $15 an hour," he argued. "Let’s make Roe v. Wade an economic messaging issue and force them to block our attempts to codify it into law. And let’s take back the immigration issue by making it an economic issue and force the G.O.P. to deny bipartisan reform that expedites entry for high-performing talent and for those who will bring business into our nation. This year the Democratic Party leadership must convene and publish a creative, popular and bold economic agenda and proactively take back our economic turf."
Carville concluded by emphasizing the stakes for Democrats in the coming months.
"The path forward could not be more certain: We live or die by winning public perception of the economy," he wrote.
