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David Gergen: “There's zero evidence that anybody around Obama, or Obama himself, even knew that there was this kind of horse-trading…”

On the recordDecember 25, 2008
There's zero evidence that anybody around Obama, or Obama himself, even knew that there was this kind of horse-trading going on for a Senate seat for money or favors of one sort and another.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen emphasizes that there is no evidence implicating Barack Obama or his team in the scandal surrounding Blagojevich.

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