David Gergen

I think it's backfiring on them.

He needs to demonstrate now, as he has in several other states, but he lost them in Ohio.

Bill Clinton is right about that.

It's better to heal wounds, just as John McCain -- you know, four weeks ago, we were talking about all the people who were discontented in the Republican Party. He's done a pretty good job starting to heal those wounds now.

That is not where he wants to be. The Democratic Party needs to bring back what were called at one time Reagan Democrats, people who could go to McCain.

But he needs to demonstrate now, as he has in several other states, but he lost them in Ohio.

He can't let Pennsylvania be another Ohio in the sense of -- and especially after the Wright affair, because then there will be a sense, not only is he too liberal, but perhaps there are some racial overtones here.

I think if they settle it in June, it's going to be a lot easier to heal the party than if they settle it at the convention.

There has been an ebb and a flow in that... when she has been backed against the wall and threatened with being forced out of the race women have been part of the constituency that seems to rally to her when she pulls the alarm.

I think there's a terrific argument for her to stay in the race. She should stay in the race now through these primaries.

I think, if they settle it in June, it's going to be a lot easier to heal the party than if they settle it at the convention.

There should be re-dos in both Florida and Michigan. It's an injustice to people in those states, and it's an injustice, frankly, to her campaign.

Well, I think we do know there's been a violation of his privacy. We know it's been repeated. And we know it looks very suspicious.

So it's going to be a dilemma that the Democrats will need to think through carefully and be very careful what they promise in the campaign.

However wrong it may have been to get into Iraq, he's been proven prophetic and right about the need for a surge and what it might do.

I don't think it has much impact on the -- on the nomination fight, Anderson. If anything, there are -- in some states, Barack's, you know, continuous opposition to the war has helped him a little bit versus Senator Clinton.

He needs to pivot off and go on to Iraq and then talk about the economy. But he cannot pivot off completely.

If we want to keep on playing these videos for the rest of the campaign, you know, we can have that kind of election. And it will be rancid, and I think we will all be very ashamed of ourselves.

I think he took a negative in his campaign, something that could have crippled his campaign, and turned it basically into a positive yesterday with that speech.

He needs to pivot off and go on to Iraq and then talk about the economy. But he cannot pivot off completely.

We have been so accustomed to our political leaders talking to us like children, that to have someone stand up and give a serious talk and face up to the issues that are on everybody's mind -- yes, he probably didn't cover everything that…

As -- again, I think white suburban voters are going to find the speech enormously appealing. And they will have a -- we have seen these fiery speeches -- fiery speeches now by the minister. But, when you look at Barack Obama speaking, you…

It was the best speech of this campaign by anybody, eloquently and thoughtfully addressing the issue of race, and also showing us a great deal about Barack Obama as a leader.

I think, if he acts aggressively, as he did tonight, to address it, and then moves on, Anderson, because we have spent our whole week on all these kind of issues.

I think that will help a lot. But I do think -- I hope, in the next segment, we can come back to understanding that there's a discourse, there's a conversation in the black community.