David Gergen actually said...

The president has already pledged 3,000 and they think we ought to go far beyond that.

What you as a new president have to make sure is, that if this thing gets a lot worse, all the blame doesn't come to you, so you lose on you...

What the new president wants to do is see if you can stabilize the place and make sure it's not a center of terrorism to threaten us.

If Democrats are elected they're going to face a serious dilemma in Iraq.