So now the question is, basically, right now, how will the Osama Bin Laden tape affect the election? … - Walter Cronkite

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Walter Cronkite

So now the question is, basically, right now, how will the Osama Bin Laden tape affect the election? And I have a feeling that it could tilt the election a bit. In fact, I'm a little inclined to think that Karl Rove, the political manager at the White House, who is a very clever man, that he probably set up bin Laden to this thing.

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