David Gergen actually said...

Well, that's certainly true, Anderson. Remember, he was 20 points behind in the Republican primary poll just a couple of weeks ago just before he switched. And now he's 20 points ahead of all comers. So it made a big difference for him in his political fortunes. And that clearly was a major, major factor.

05/03/2009

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