David Gergen actually said...

The president says he does not want a short-term deal. And I know personally that he feels very intensely about that.

The President has -- believes very strongly, and I have this on excellent authority today he believes very strongly he can bring along Harry...

His politics for 2012 is becoming apparent. He wants to win the independent vote. He does that by getting the big deal. But he needs to cut ...

It certainly suggests that the mode -- the tone the President set today is a -- is a tone set by someone who thinks that talks are near coll...