David Gergen actually said...

They could not put a timetable in because they knew the president had already declared publicly and repeatedly that he would not accept a ti...

There's not much you can do. ... the second terms are always worse than first terms. And boy, is George W. Bush proving that one.

Where he does retain power is not as a domestic president, but as an international commander in chief.

That's a big deal to have Joe Biden in there.