David Gergen: “It is what they need to do.”

President of United States has not had a security briefing, or security briefing since October 2nd. I've never heard of any president, under any circumstances, come anywhere close to that, and been so derelict of the duty.

If he had a receptive audience, and I will tell you, when everything -- when all the facts were to come out, it would be like Nixon and the tapes.

The midterms really helped him. They transformed the race, best midterm elections for any president in 20 years.

One more sign that he just doesn't give a damn how he changes our traditions and overrides our norms.