That phrase, which was literally posted on the wall of the Clinton "war room," was actually the work of strategist James Carville. He was not the campaign manager, however.

Another of Carville's vivid phrases, in the wake of one of the girlfriend accusations, was "It's amazing what you can come up with when you drag a hundred dollar bill through a trailer park."


>When Clinton beat the elder Bush for the presidency his campain manager came up with the slogan, "It's the economy stupid."
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>Could, "It's the data stupid" become MS's undoing?