David Gergen actually said...

This has been a huge gift to the Democrats' hopes of taking the White House. Because if this does not work, the Democrats are much, much more likely to take the White house in '08.

Context

Gergen suggests that the president's strategy in Iraq could benefit the Democrats in the 2008 presidential election.

01/09/2007

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