David Gergen

I will build the first true coalition government we have had in this country for 50 years, since Franklin Roosevelt, because we're in a time of crisis.

He absolutely needs to go on the offensive.

They decided, look, going negative against him works. Attack him. This is something Bill Clinton has been arguing for a long time, asking, when are we going to go negative.

No, but the sink hasn't been emptied yet. I mean, you know, he hasn't responded to a lot of the things she's put out there.

Absolutely, he needs to go on the offensive. But going on the offensive is not just about raising questions about Hillary Clinton and inconsistencies.

He can travel internationally and look like a future president who's talking to world leaders.

I think that people are underestimating what George Bush can do for John McCain.

I think there was a slight king of the Hill bias. And that is when somebody is king of the Hill, we're tougher on them and we subject them to more scrutiny.

But Anderson, it was only a few weeks ago, you know, some of us on CNN, when we said Hillary Clinton was winning those early debates, you know, we were getting slammed for being in the can, being in the tank for Hillary Clinton.

Do I think that some reporters have been infatuated with Barack Obama? Absolutely. Do I think some reporters have been infatuated with John McCain? Yes, for a long time.

I don't think that there's a strong -- there was 30 years ago, there was an ideological bias in the press. It was mostly toward the left, the mainstream press. That's evened up a lot over the years.

Unless Hillary wins big, as Bay says. Unless -- if Obama has a sizable lead and has -- and she doesn't have a plausible argument for how she can really win this, Bill Richardson is going to come out and endorse Obama.

I think it's working in Ohio. And I don't think it's Rezko. I don't think it's so much this Canadian business.

I think she's making headway in Ohio, Anderson.

I think probably so. It certainly left her some wiggle room. And today she was more definitive, saying, no, he's not, he hasn't been a Muslim.

If we wait all the way to Pennsylvania and this gets more and more nasty, whoever wins is going to be very badly damaged and be wounded.

Whoever has the bigger delegate lead after tomorrow night... unless Hillary wins big, as Bay says.

I think the really hard question becomes if there's a split, because she clearly wants to stay in.

I think she's making headway in Ohio.

The New York Times is reporting tonight that he raised $50 million in the month of February.

I do think -- but every night when there's news, it comes out on one side.

There will be huge pressure on her to get out if she -- and she's going to have a very hard time raising money if she loses a state next week, one of the big two states.

There will be huge pressure on her to get out. She's going to have a very hard time raising money if she loses a state next week, one of the big two states. So I think fundamentally she's got to win both.

Clinton has to win both states on March 4th. She must win Texas and Ohio. If she only wins Ohio and loses Texas or wins Texas and loses Ohio, you're going to see more superdelegates move and they're going to follow John Lewis's lead.

John McCain is going to go after Barack Obama as the George McGovern of 1972.