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On the recordDecember 13, 2011
Every time you go after somebody on an issue that you're vulnerable you're self on, it basically invites the media to replay all of the ways in which you're weak or you've been a flip-flopper.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen comments on the risks of Romney attacking Gingrich on issues where he himself is vulnerable.

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