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On the recordApril 14, 2011
It is now going to be I think the basis of the Republican campaign. I would imagine it would be in their platform and it's hard to see how a candidate for the Republican Party could now run away from the Ryan approach without splintering the party.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen discusses the significance of the House passing the Ryan budget as a defining moment for the Republican Party.

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