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David Gergen: It's rare that they do dig themselves out. We ought to understand that, once you get down this far, as Jimmy Carter…

On the recordApril 19, 2006
It's rare that they do dig themselves out. We ought to understand that, once you get down this far, as Jimmy Carter learned, as -- as -- as George H.W. Bush learned, when he started crashing, and he couldn't -- he couldn't reverse it, it's very -- very rare.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Commenting on the difficulty for presidents to recover from low approval ratings.

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