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On the recordMay 1, 2006
one of the big judgments we're going to make in the upcoming presidential campaign is, are people going to campaign on the future and have real plans, and then get a mandate for change, or are they simply going to campaign by gouging the other guy's eyes out, which we have seen so often in the past?
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen discusses the nature of campaigning in the upcoming presidential election, contrasting future-focused plans with negative campaigning.

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