“We continue on a daily basis very successfully to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships.”
“We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind.”
“We did a pause to try to get an agreement with the Iranian people to allow oil to flow without them attacking it.”
“One of the mistakes which some political analysts make is to think that their enemies should be our enemies.”
“The only reason why the U.S. is conducting strikes is against assets of Iran that are being used to attack global commercial shipping.”
“We cannot afford to leave Kentucky behind, Alabama behind, Mississippi behind, Georgia behind, South Carolina behind.”

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On the recordOctober 29, 2008
I have come to believe that the battleground states and the kind of reporting and the polling that is going on is actually turning out to be a lot more important.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts
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Gergen emphasizes the significance of battleground states over national polls in the election.

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