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David Gergen: “If you're the Democrat, you come in there, you commit to getting out. You start taking the lid off that pot. If it…”

On the recordJuly 30, 2008
If you're the Democrat, you come in there, you commit to getting out. You start taking the lid off that pot. If it starts overflowing, erupting, and you suddenly become the candidate, the president who lost the war.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen warns about the political risks for a Democratic president regarding the Iraq war.

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