That's absolutely right, Anderson. I think a lot of Americans are having trouble adjusting to this idea that, after we've seen the repression and the bloodshed and know how many people are now being tortured that we can't see with cameras that it seems to be sort of business as usual, the existing regime.
Gergen comments on the challenges the Obama administration faces in negotiating with Iran amidst ongoing repression.
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He is a leader there's no question about that. But I think he's a bad leader. I think he's leaving his people into, he's leading the country, especially into a very bad place.
It's very, very big. Not legally, but politically, it's a very, very big deal.
I think a lot of Americans do see it as disqualifying. And they're worried about it.
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