David Gergen actually said...

It's such a sharp departure from what we've seen in the past... We've never seen landmark social legislation passed with this kind of sharp divide and in the face of this much public opposition.

Context

Gergen reflects on the partisan divide in current health care legislation compared to historical precedents.

12/21/2009

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