Democratic strategist James Carville said the party is rudderless at the moment, with many members agreeing at the moment. In an op-ed published in the New York Times on Monday, he agreed, saying the "Democratic Party is in shambles."
He went on to say that Zohran Mamdani's victory in the party's mayoral primaries in New York City wasn't an isolated event, but represented an "undeniable fissure in our political soul."
After enumerating several issues in which party members can't agree on, he said Democrats are "steamrolling toward a civilized civil war." And even though he said it is necessary to have it, "it's even more necessary to delay it."
"The only thing that can save us now is an actual savior, because a new party can be delivered only by a person — see Barack Obama in 2008 and Bill Clinton in 1992," Carville claimed. However, he said, that person won't arrive until after next year's midterms.
"Until then, we must run unified in opposition to the Republicans to gain as many House seats as possible in the midterms, because every congressional seat we gain in 2026 means we will be more likely to bring about change in 2028," Carville said.
He claimed there's "good news on that front" not due to "tantalizing political scandal surrounding the president right now" but the impact that Donald Trump's policies will have on the population. He listed his "big, beautiful bill and the impact on Medicare and Medicaid as an example, as well as "endless wars."
"We've never had a simpler, more unifying oppositional message. Soon it will no longer be possible to avoid a brawl between the factions ignited back in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary," Carville concluded.
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