Democrat political strategist James Carville warned his party that Kamala Harris will face an onslaught of political attacks exposing her record and past remarks that her campaign must prepare for.

"In the first 24 hours of Vice President Harris's campaign, she raised a record $81 million. Democrats have been significantly less enthusiastic about Biden than Republicans for about Trump until now. What is the key for the vice president to sustain this excitement for her candidacy throughout the rest of the campaign?" PBS's Margaret Hoover asked Carville last week on her show Firing Line.

Carville cautioned against the Democrats' initial enthusiasm for Harris, noting they were simply relieved that their candidate was no longer Joe Biden.

"That's the key question," Carville replied. "And the first thing is to recognize what happened. What happened was that people wanted something different and that she just projects the fact that she is, you know, excited about the future. And there was no policy that anyone was pushing and there was no particular group that was behind it. It was just a general feeling that people wanted a different choice than Donald Trump and President Biden. And they got it."

The "Ragin' Cajun" then warned that now the dust has largely settled with Harris being the clear Democratic nominee, Republicans and the Trump campaign will be quick to expose her record.

"And there is some good, not that…Look she's gonna get slaughtered. They're coming out…they're coming," Carville said. "And this is just part of that. Will be no different than it was any other time. And they have got to get up and get ready. And they've got to be able to defend and attack at the same time. There is gonna be a time of struggle of definition as to who Vice President Harris is. And we better be ready for that."

"But I feel like we are in a better position today than we were Sunday morning. And we're doing this interview on Wednesday. So I will take small victories where I get them," he added.