The recent "sleazy" behavior is highly alarming, CNN Senior Political Analyst David Gergen said.
As a result, Romney's convention speech will be more important than ever, Gergen said.
"I think he does need to break new ground here, " Gergen told CNN Monday.
David Gergen is on CNN now and says the same kind of useless fluff.
Citing Ohio's importance to the presidential contest, Gergen again referenced the defeated Ohio law.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Michael Zuckerman and David Gergen.
"You can agree or disagree with Ronald Reagan's policies, his conservatism, " said former presidential adviser David Gergen.
That attitude is still rife throughout the Middle East and North Africa, noted CNN senior political analyst David Gergen.
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It appears Obama's strategy is not just to win, but to win decisively, CNN senior political analyst David Gergen said.
"On the Democratic side, my sense is we're going into two, three weeks now which will probably favor Obama, " Gergen said.
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"I don't think they won the arguments tonight, " Gergen said of Republicans.
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The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of David Gergen.
Gergen warned Republicans, including certain presidential candidate Mitt Romney, to avoid overplaying the Wisconsin result by launching a broad attack on public unions.
Walker's message -- that state workers unions had too much power and were preventing necessary budget cuts -- resonated with voters, Gergen said.
To CNN Senior Political Analyst David Gergen, Rubio emerged as an attractive figure on the American political stage but was short on specifics.
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"It raises questions about whether the Obama team did their homework, " said David Gergen, an adviser to several former presidents and a CNN contributor.
"I think it's going to be very difficult in the near term to generate excitement about his policies in the Middle East, " Gergen said.
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"The President is going to present a budget that is serious about spending cuts and deficit reduction, " predicted CNN senior political analyst David Gergen.
David Gergen, CNN senior political analyst, said Clinton was exhausted and had a cold after returning from his second trip to Haiti earlier this month.
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Both King and Gergen agreed that Romney avoided sounding like an overzealous advocate of military action -- which is how Obama and Democrats seek to portray him.
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Copies were also simultaneously sent to Counselor to the President David Gergen, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Anthony Lake and Secretary of Defense Les Aspin.
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Clinton racked up a string of wins in populous states, but "she's not taking them convincingly, " said David Gergen, a former adviser to the Reagan and Clinton administrations.
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"It leaves a question mark over this race, and we won't have the final answer until the votes are counted, " said David Gergen, a senior political analyst for CNN.
The victory by Walker is "a substantial defeat for labor, for public employees unions, and a substantial victory for those who have been trying to curb them" Gergen concluded.
Inaugural events have spotlighted the intersection of politics, pop culture and music since the early '60s, said David Gergen, director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University.
"If Walker pulls this off, then a lot of conservatives are going to say, 'He was a man of great courage, he took this on and he won, '" Gergen said.
"The person that really changed the nature of inaugural music was John Kennedy, because he was a friend with many in Hollywood -- especially Frank Sinatra, " said Gergen, also a CNN contributor.
But David Gergen, a CNN senior political analyst who has worked in five administrations, said the contrasting styles between Obama and Emanuel could help the new president get things done in Washington.
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The top Democratic candidates for president plan to visit Harvard this fall, said David Gergen, a former senior official in the Reagan and Clinton administrations now at the Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
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