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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “It's not unexpected that they wouldn't just automatically shift over to Obama because they're not the typical Democratic…”

On the recordJuly 7, 2008
It's not unexpected that they wouldn't just automatically shift over to Obama because they're not the typical Democratic supporters that just automatically shift over. They need to be wooed. They need to be, you know, they need to be won over.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz explains the need to win over disaffected Clinton supporters for Obama.

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