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On the recordOctober 31, 2011
This story is going to continue, it has legs, and this controversy is going to deepen. And it could well almost knock him out of the race unless he now come forward and gets the facts himself.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen comments on the potential impact of the allegations against Herman Cain on his presidential candidacy.

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