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On the recordOctober 26, 2004
It's the activists who both ends who are whipping a lot of this up, whipping up the anger, demonizing the other side putting out the terrible ads about each other.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen discusses the role of political activists in escalating tensions and polarization in politics.

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