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On the recordMarch 17, 2008
As -- again, I think white suburban voters are going to find the speech enormously appealing. And they will have a -- we have seen these fiery speeches -- fiery speeches now by the minister. But, when you look at Barack Obama speaking, you know, there's not a radical bone in his body.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen discusses the appeal of Obama's speech to white suburban voters and contrasts it with the fiery nature of Reverend Wright's speeches.

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