David Gergen: “I think the focus is going -- is likely to start moving back now. And…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2008

I think the focus is going -- is likely to start moving back now. And when we do that we're going to start paying a lot more attention to issues.

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Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen predicts a shift in the campaign focus back to issues after the initial period of media attention on Palin.

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