that's where carville takes off. so who's responsible for carville? we said the mayor of san francisco at the time. very wealthy land owner. owned at one point i think they say 1/12 of san francisco in land. most of it was in the west side of the city. robert fitzgerald was called the king of carville. he was an early settler to carville. jacob heyman that realtor, started being called the father of carville. we'll see why in a second. and this guy on the left, colonel daley, was often called the pioneer father of carville. he really gets a lot of the credit. here's colonel daley in his little shed. how do we describe him? he's sort of a 1890's bohemian, a bit of a herm yit. most importantly, he was a friend of adolph sutro's. and sutro had a real estate shack on the northwest corner of the sunset. he let colonel daley squat in there essentially. he went out every morning, walked along the beach. whatever washed up he brought back to his shed and created quite a large little compound of old bottles, shoes, anything that washed up. a ship wreck. provid

they didn't want to be called carville anymore. they wanted to be called oceanside, which sounded a lot more romantic. and so here we looked at that picture. there's a couple of car houses still around in the early 1910. but just 15 years later it really starts filling in. the stucco homes we think about in the sunset district. the merchant builders start building. the row houses start taking over in the 1920's and 1930's. and soon people start forgetting that carville was even there. the cars that do remain are kind of derelict. they've been in the elements for 20 years. they're really warn down. mostly they're rented to people who were too poor to rent to other places. so instead of these judges and lawyers and doctors renting cars you had people really on the fringes of society using them, which doesn't help the whole reputation of carville or these cars with the neighbors. they're getting beat up. this is by 1925. a lot of cars, they get pushed back in the backyards of house of lots. so somebody might build a conventional house

they were really not happy with the plumbing in carville. yeah. that shows up a lot more than anybody worried about building integrity or anything. the thing that comes up a little later and we talked a little about, these earthquake refugee cottages. after the 1906 earthquake, the relief corporation that was attending to these refugees built thousands of these small little redwood cottages for the refugees. then when the camps closed after a year, people could take the cottages to these empty lots and set them up. it was a far bigger outcry about whether those were appropriate and what the code would be because most of them weren't put on foundations. they were just dragged out to empty lots. they were combined together. sometimes lifted up off the ground even. so you'd find articles about that far more often than finding anybody having a problem with these cars which were actually pretty sturdy. we talk about they're used as public transportation all the time. they're made of some hefty material. so people weren't too worried about them. at leas

james carville -- >> what's going on?! >> newt gingrich's last stand, we just saw him arrive, is it his last stand? he is a great debater, but can he turn it tonight? >> it's going to be very hard. i actually think santorum is due to have a pretty good debate. i talked to my resident in-house republican expert, my wife, today, who made the point, conservatives like when someone's under attack. they like the fact that he's being put upon, particularly upon a matter of faith. and i think santorum's going to come out pretty hard. now, could he go over the top? maybe or maybe not. but another thing is, one thing that can't happen, romney can't have a bad debate. that would really be bad. he could do okay, he doesn't have to like win, but he's got to do a decent job out there. which he generally does not have, in his defense. >> here's the other thing rick santorum has got to find. social issues are important issues, but they're tough issues. because people feel so passionately on two sides of it. he cannot lead by condemning p

i'm writing a book on carville. that is ucsf. adolph sutro donated the land. >> he had a lot of land. >> did. he bought a rancho in '82, and it was a huge chunk of land in a little peninsula. it took decades for it to fill in with housing. >> when he died, he leapt 1,100 acres to widows and orphans, and his children that truck. they comprise the woods, sherwood forest, forestville. it was a contentious thing. it took about 13, 15 years in public. >> this is actually in golden gate park, the casino. it was a controversy at the time to have a place that serve liquor and had card games in golden gate park. eventually, it moved to 24th ave. >> we still have the newly recently refurbished stop along the great highway. the beach shall i -- chalet. i always find it ironic that these federal highway funds were used to refurbish this place for drivers to get a drink. terrific. [laughter] >> there were farms, and there were dairies, as these houses are starting to be built, and they are more conventional residents is, and they are still a

james carville is cnn contributor joining us tonight. great to have both of you. penny bishops were led by timothy dolan here. had a problem with this. they said the compromise is a step in the right direction. what does that mean? is this done or not done? >> absolutely it's not over. you know, i don't know what the president was thinking. you know christians and catholics and christians from all over the world have been involved in the pro-life movement, taking care of the unborn for 2,000 years. and it wasn't going to stop with the president's mandate. the problem is that we've been stupaked. this is not really a cave all the way, it's really going to be a problem for women of faith because somebody is going to pay for it erin. it's not like no one pays for it. you know that we all contribute to our health care premiums and our premiums are used for other people. therefore, because of the mandate, women that are members of concerned women for america, members of my staff will have to contribute and so for the president to pretend that he's taken care of this is

a lot to talk with james carville and ralph reid founder of the faith and freedom coalition. james, when you hear mitt romney describe himself as having been a severely conservative governor, what do you think? >> well, it is not up to me, but i know that before that audience, when you think of obama care or romney care, i don't think it went over very well, and if romney is trying to run as the genuine conservative candidate against rick santorum, that is not the winning message. i don't think that people are going to buy that. you know, he is a little bit of a tight spot here, so he has the try to make some room, but this is not a smart thing he did. it doesn't sound genuine at all. >> ralph, does it sound genuine to you? do you believe he was a sincerely conservative governor? do you think the people in the room believered that? >> well, i believe that his advisers feel strongly and he believes, anderson, that his entire tenure at governor during the course of the campaign has been buffeted by his opponents, by the media, by critics and boiled down and distilled really sol

much to talk with with james carville. thanks very much, james.how badly did the white house handled this w40e8 catholic issue with birth control, the contraceptives, president came out today to try to fix it. >> actually thank god, the reports that the vice president and bill daly when he was there tried to say, look, this is going to happen, but i think this is going to blow over pretty quickly. 98% of catholic women use berth control and i don't think it's going to be as big as terri schiavo, but probably if it's neutral we'll forget about it in a month, but it might help them a bit. it looks like they're trying to reach a compromise with most people. >> although they want more details, cardinal timothy dolan saying today's decision to revise how individuals obtain service that are morally objectable is a first step in the right direction, so the white house has to be encouraged by that, but it does have the effect of energizing that conservative base of the republican party and sort of amplifying their argument that this is a president with a

joining us now is david frum and james carville. republican and democrat respectively.et me start with you, david frum. what do you think about this? the santorum campaign saying look, we're going to admit it. we're doing robo calls to the whole state of michigan saying come over, vote for rick santorum. is this insanity? >> no, i think it's nostalgia that rick santorum remembers a time when there were a lot of socially conservative democrats who were not aversed to the republican economic message. the famous reagan democrats of 30 years ago. i think this is a case where you see a kind of, the weakness of the santorum campaign staffing operation is those people are not there in the strength they used to be an the place where the independents today, they are disaffiliated republicans. on the independent side, more or the far right than this reagan democrat middle and the action of course is to among the be educated, those will be called to mitt romney and not rick santorum. >> james carville, what do they think? that these people will actually vote for them or a pure spo

a lot to talk with james carville and ralph reid founder of the christian coalition, and president of the century strategy. james, when you hear mitt romney describe himself as having been a severely conservative governor, what do you think? >> well, it is not up to me, but i know that before that audience, when you think of obama care or romney care, i don't think it went over very well, and if romney is trying to run as the genuine conservative candidate against rick santorum, that is not the winning message. i don't think that people are going to buy that. you know, he is a little bit of a tight spot here, so he has the try to make some room, but this is not a smart thing he did. it doesn't sound genuine at all. >> ralph, does it sound genuine to you? do you believe he was a sincerely conservative republican governor? >> well, i believe that his advisers feel strongly and he believes that the entire teen ur as governor in the course of the campaign haseen buffeted by the opponents and the mediacrit to the health care plan, and it is a good call that he cut taxes 19 times and cut sp

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whenever james carville is dick cheney son-in-law? what do you think.o share political philosophy to be in love with them. >> to be in love with them, yes, but friends, but a dating relationship, i don't know mary and james do it or ma we ree yeah and -- they are gone. >> if you vote republican, there is the couch. if you vote democrat. >> 51%1%1% of american people ie latest poll, yes you have to share the same political beliefs. 47% ses say no, it doesn't matter. >> i think it's misleading. >> they were all women because you women want us to agree on everything. three lovely women and i'm outnumbered. >> you are very nice to spend your valentine's day here. i don't know what the alternatives were. >> i'm in love. >> that is all we have time for. thank you for being with us. we toss it to greta van susteren who is standing by live to go on the record.

some people here wanted to call us the mary matalin and james carville of the middle east. greg has more hair. and a little more charm. alisha explain to you how we got to jerusalem. it was 1989 and it was the end of apartheid and nelson mandela was in prison. i was a sophomore at harvard university and decided to take a year off. i went down and met gregg. i didn't know i would meet him. and the baseball cap -- he stood out and came in to use our phone in a booth where nelson mandela's colleagues were getting out of prison. and it was the first legal rally for the african national congress. i saw greg and we met and started dating and i was back to harvard finishing up my schooling. for two years we dated from afar and finally i moved down after graduating and for graduation my father had given me $1,000. it was a check that was supposed to last the entire year. it was going to help me launch my career as a freelance journalist. i arrived in south africa and i didn't know what it was to be dating or married to a foreign correspondent. he said to me as i arrived on friday,

. >> james carville, what about sarah palin?he's on tv a lot, but it sure sounded to me like she was saying she would step up to the plate if needed. >> if we're talking about fantasizing, that would be something. president obama is the luckiest man that i know of. even he's not that lucky. oh, please, let that happen. that's a two stage scenario. now you have utah and south carolina maybe. >> so here's the thing. if romney is wounded, if delegates are released, then it will matter who romney supports, right? so who has been his most effective surrogate. chris christie has been an effective surrogate, but who has bob mcdonnell, a guy who ran a very formidable campaign, very effective on romney's behalf. >> it's hard because no one nationally knows who he is. >> that's fair, but the thing is that romney again, what's going to happen is who do they want to release their delegates too. >> we're getting way out front here. but the point is, what's significant -- >> it's a verb. >> the point here is that the math is a real problem fo

and james carville. james, is it fair for that headline to have been around over what romney said?it was an eruption among conservatives. the weekly standard, national review. i saw three or four comments people came out. it was a really -- not a very good candidate. by the way, he doesn't even understand conservative doctrine. i happen to live with it in my house. they say they care about the poor and these programs hurt the poor. not only does it come across as voters in the middle is callous, that is after saying corporations are rich people, to real conservatives it comes across as dumb and doesn't represent what they say they think. >> ary, what use your take on what he said? >> it shows you why politicians are politicians. they have to be so perfect and watch every word. everyone knows it was a mistake in statement. people have heard him talk about how he wants to focus on the middle class. that's the group that needs the most help in this country but it was a slip hen he shouldn't have done it. president obama had a slip that i thought was pretty bad this week. he was introd

ari fleischer joins us on the phone, and democratic strategist, james carville.it fair for the headline to have been all around over what romney said? >> it was an eruption among conservatives in the national review. i saw three or four comments. people came out. it was just a really -- it's not just a very good candidate. by the way, he doesn't understand conservative doctrine. i live with it in my house. they say their care about the poor, and these programs hurt the poor. not only does it come across as voters in the middle, it's callous. that's after saying corporations are rich people. to conservatives, it's dumb and doesn't represent what they say. >> ari, what is your take? >> it shows you why politicians are politicians. and they have to be perfect and wach their word. everyone knows that was a mistaken statement. people have heard them talk about how he wants to focus on the middle class. they need the most help in this country. it's an accurate statement. it was a slip. he shouldn't have done it. i'm going to pount out, president obama had his own slip

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james carville, a democratic strategist and cnn contributor.about rick santorum's tax returns. there has been a lot of hoopla over tax returns and taxes in general. in the end when you think about it, is anyone voting on this information, do you think, nancy? >> i don't think so. although i do believe that particularly for someone like a romney who's got an income that far exceeds most of -- most normal people's expectations for their lifetime that it's really incumbent on them to be for tax reform. what's interesting is, both romney and santorum really are the republican contenders who have never embraced in my opinion enthusiastically tax reform. >> from the democratic perspective, are democrats waiting for these tax returns, too? >> yeah, you know, i don't think so so much. in his rate he paid 28%. the interest is how different sources of income are taxed at different rates. i think that's sort of a teaching moment for the country. the interesting thing is, in their culture that this sort of i'd olizing entrepreneurs and everything, rick san