David Gergen actually said...

I think the real trick here -- I mean, I think the challenge here is, with the expectations oh -- how -- this high, how does he reach those expectations, without -- without causing reverberations and negative questions beyond the speech?

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Gergen emphasizes the difficulty of meeting high expectations for Obama's speech without backlash.

06/02/2009

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