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On the recordNovember 7, 2006
The Democrats got entrusted with a lot of power, and in 1994, Newt Gingrich and company came in. It was a cleansing election. This was another cleansing election.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen compares the recent election to past elections that shifted power and suggests it was a necessary change.

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