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On the recordAugust 14, 2011
One has a sense that the campaign really officially launched this weekend. We moved off spring training and we have now gotten the official campaign with the Ames poll and now the president coming out and answering his critics, slamming back, and clearly campaigning.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen discusses the perception that President Obama's campaign has officially begun.

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