James Carville as reported by Tom Paine.com: ""We have a president that is no longer interested in what happens to the next generation. We have a president that is no longer interested in what happens to the promise of America.

"I am telling you that there is so much at stake here. There is so much for us to fight for. There are so many people who don't want to give up the dream of generational promise.

"People always ask, 'What can I do? What can I do?'" Carville told the 1,000-plus crowd. "Sit down, shut up and write a check. And then after you do that, get to a phone bank and do whatever you can in your city or state."

It was critical, Carville said, for Democrats "to get behind our candidates and push them to talk about the kinds of things we really care about." He said Democrats in Congress as well as the presidential candidates were becoming bolder and had to be supported.

"Right now what we need to do, now that they are starting to fight back, we need to give them encouragement," he said. "We have to show them they have support. We have got to learn the value of supporting our people."

There were many clichés about Democrats that were false, Carville said, but one rang true: that the party too-often behaved like a collection of interest groups defending their turf, rather than a national political party with a larger focus. He said Democrats mustn't allow that to happen in the unfolding campaign.

Carville told the trial lawyers to avoid it and focus instead on what it will take to win against a Republican Party that's likely to use the courts and federal law enforcement to get the electoral outcome they seek.

"The candidates will come to you and say, 'I voted for this bill, or against tort reform,'" Carville said. "The first question from the audience, should be, 'Sir, tell us the kind of campaign that you will run to combat Republican thuggery.'

"If they run a campaign that doesn't fight back when the Republicans use the courts and law enforcement to win elections... I want to know what kind of campaign you will run. Are you going to take this stuff, or are you going to fight back?"

Recent political history shows Democrats win when they stand up and fight, he said.

"In '88 we let the GOP walk all over us. We lost," Carville said. "In '92, we fought back and won. In '94, we went soft and lost. They tried impeachment. We fought back, we won. In 2000, we let them walk all over us in Florida. In 2002, we let them roll over us in Congress. In 2004, we know better..."

"What the party needs to do is win the election on big issues, big contrasts," Carville said, adding "recent polls show people are starting to get tired of what's going on."

"If you look at the policies of this administration, the average guy, there ain't nothing for them," he said. "We've got to focus on how they are changing the very nature of what it is to be an American -- the generational promise."

"You will see a big turnout," Carville predicted. "This is a real test for us. Not so much to come together, but a time when we must insist on a government that includes all of us. Therein lies the real strategy."

As usual, James gets to the point and makes it with amazing clarity. Keep it up, Jimmy!