 Carville said the president should give a July 4th speech announcing he will be the next generation. Who? He will be the next generation of the Democratic leaders. Boom. What's that? Carville said the president should give a July 4th speech announcing he will let the next generation of Democratic leaders move. I can't even read, much less him. The 79-year-old strategist dryly noted that you can't win a contest against aging. He said, I do everything I can to beat this thing. It don't work. A staircase can ruin your day.