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On the recordMay 6, 2008
I think he now has the luxury of starting to look past Hillary Clinton. If there is this sense of inevitability now, the aura of inevitability that hung around her very early in this campaign has now moved to him.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen comments on Obama's position in the campaign following his victories.

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