David Gergen actually said...
The interesting comparison, and I know people don't like to hear about foreign countries very much but there was in France, Sarkozy was running as the nominee of a very, very unpopular incumbent party and instead of attacking the incumbent party what he did was offer something -- he offered himself as a fresh kind of candidate and he won it.
Context
David Gergen draws a comparison between McCain's campaign and Sarkozy's successful strategy in France.
10/22/2008