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James Carville: “I think it would be wrong for the Kerry people not to say that there has been an ever so slight, but noticeable, erosion…”

On the recordAugust 26, 2004
I think it would be wrong for the Kerry people not to say that there has been an ever so slight, but noticeable, erosion here.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville discusses the need for the Kerry campaign to acknowledge slight declines in support based on recent polling.

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