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On the recordNovember 4, 2008
He is going to call upon the American people more so than I think we have seen the last eight, even 12 years, to participate.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen discusses the expectation for the president to engage the American public more actively than in previous years.

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