Opposition takes leaf out of Clinton book while Fianna Fáil is all at sea

JAMES CARVILLE has a strange Louisiana accent, and he speaks very fast.

Widely known in America as the “Ragin’ Cajun” because of his accent and his sharp tongue, it’s unlikely that his style of broadcasting and commentary would go down particularly well with Irish or English audiences.

So he’s not too well known here. But he is remembered for one thing that, strictly speaking, never happened. He was the genius who masterminded Bill Clinton’s first election and is universally recognised as the author of the famous phrase “it’s the economy, stupid” that was stuck to the wall of Clinton’s election HQ in Little Rock.