David Gergen actually said...

If the Maliki government is not going to do these things, if they decide -- if they don't follow through, and if they're -- you can't get th...

this is a very stinging indictment of the administration, and that it confirms some of the critics', you know, strongest attacks on the admi...

I think they did have a very personal chemistry that enabled him to stay on.

the inside factional fighting, I think, has assumed almost legendary proportions.