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David Gergen: “There are a lot of people like me who wonder, is this really going to do much good, the first one?”

On the recordMarch 10, 2009
There are a lot of people like me who wonder, is this really going to do much good, the first one?
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Concerns about the effectiveness of the first stimulus bill.

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