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Former President Bill Clinton said Mitt Romney will have a tougher time recovering from a bruising party primary than he did two decades ago because voters are concerned about where he stands on the issues, rather than character concerns.

But the two-term Democrat told ABC News in an interview released Monday that he doubted Romney could make the necessary pivot back to a more moderate campaign after voters are already wary of perceived political opportunism.

“He started this campaign in the aftermath of that tea party victory in 2010, when all the people on the far right of the Republican party actually believed a majority of the voters had embraced the specific things they were saying," Clinton said. "So it created a horrible dilemma for Romney. And the poor man who got in trouble for the Etch-a-Sketch remark. That’s like the saying, ‘There is nothing more damaging in politics than telling the truth.’ I mean, the truth is, that’s what he’s gotta do.”

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