roll over and play dead

For weeks, Democrats and other political observers have mulled advice put forward in the New York Times by veteran Democratic operative James Carville, who suggested that Democrats should “roll over and play dead” while Republicans “crumble beneath their own weight” and “make the American people miss us.”

What are your thoughts on James Carville telling the Democrats to "roll over and play dead" in his recent op-ed in the New York Times?

Carville said the Democrats should “roll over and play dead” and “allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight and make the American people miss us.”

While I still think I’ll be proven right over the long term, I may have underestimated the Murdochs’ reluctance to just roll over and play dead for the former president.

“You are down 27 points on the road, second half, second night in a row. Every reason just to roll over and play dead and get ready for Sunday at home. Guys just wouldn’t do it.”