Tunisia demonstrated the transformative power that can be brought forth by the convergence of social media, mobile connections, satellite TV and an earnest desire to fundamentally change socio-economic-political situation.

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Now the question, I think, for any candidate for public office - but especially the presidency - is can people get to know you well enough in the midst of just negative campaigning and, you know, the intense media scrutiny and so forth so that people have a well-rounded view of you and are able to go ahead and make those choices on that basis.

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And look at the U.S. George W. Bush was roasted by Democrats, most of the media and even a portion of the business community for putting forth during his campaign mild, across-the-board, phased-in-over-several-years reductions in income taxes.

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