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What Do You Tell Generic Democratic Congressman X - White House Press Briefing by Robert Gibbs 11/2/09
— Monday, November 02, 2009 —
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Q On tomorrow's elections, what do you tell generic Democratic Congressman X not to read into the results in New Jersey or Virginia?

MR. GIBBS: Well, I would -- well, I think, one, I'd wait for the results to talk to Congressman X, without -- like I said, I don't want to play pundit in Afghanistan or certainly don't want to pre-play pundit here. Obviously, as we talked about --

Q Are you guys going to take a lot of credit if Corzine wins, but then --

MR. GIBBS: No, I would point you to the answer I gave on Friday, which is I don't think that these elections will portend a lot for what happens in 2010 any more than the 2001 elections seemed to denote relative electoral legislative strength for President Bush in 2002. It's just --

Q But are you concerned that some Democratic incumbents in Congress might suddenly be tougher --

MR. GIBBS: -- the results based on the pundits on cable TV? That and corporate governance -- or corruption in governance are at the top of my list today.

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