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On the recordJune 27, 2012
Mitt Romney cannot win with simply the Tea Party as a -- in that part of the base. He needs to bring in some of those people from the middle.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen discusses the necessity for Romney to appeal to centrist voters in addition to the Tea Party base.

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