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Elizabeth Edwards: “If you try to pretend you're something else, you will be uncomfortable with that, and voters will sense it.”

On the recordJuly 14, 2004
If you try to pretend you're something else, you will be uncomfortable with that, and voters will sense it.
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Elizabeth Edwards
New Hampshire

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Elizabeth Edwards discusses the importance of authenticity in connecting with voters.

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