Bingo Aruba! I think you nailed it.. James isn't all that smart.. slimmy? yes and rather sloppy about it.. if it weren't for the incredibly stupid play of others, namely Janelle and Howie.. and more than a little dumb luck.. ie: a more powerful player like Kaysar to vote off.. He'd be gone simply because he was so obvious with his lies.I think he accidently stumbled into something else now too.. neither side trusts him.. so they keep saying.. things like .. "we know what XX will do if YY" .. vote XX off this time, we can always get James later!!!!!!!!
Pure, dumb luck. I believe the only one falling for his act is probably Yvette? She seems to *need* to believe.