As a result, Romney's convention speech will be more important than ever, Gergen said.

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"I think he does need to break new ground here, " Gergen told CNN Monday.

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David Gergen is on CNN now and says the same kind of useless fluff.

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Citing Ohio's importance to the presidential contest, Gergen again referenced the defeated Ohio law.

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The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Michael Zuckerman and David Gergen.

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"You can agree or disagree with Ronald Reagan's policies, his conservatism, " said former presidential adviser David Gergen.

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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.

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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.

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Gergen warned Republicans, including certain presidential candidate Mitt Romney, to avoid overplaying the Wisconsin result by launching a broad attack on public unions.

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Walker's message -- that state workers unions had too much power and were preventing necessary budget cuts -- resonated with voters, Gergen said.

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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.

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"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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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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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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David Gergen is with us now, CNN senior political adviser.

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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.

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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.

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"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.

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"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.

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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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"What it also did was it painted (Ohio Gov.) Kasich, and I think Walker has also been painted as sort of more extreme or more controversial, and that has opened the door for President Obama to possibly sweep both states, " Gergen said.

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Let's start with David Gergen.

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"This is one of the first times that I can remember that the secretary of the Treasury is going to be almost as important as the secretary of state, " said CNN senior political analyst David Gergen, who served in the Reagan and Clinton administrations.

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