David Gergen

The great thing about the Republican conservative coalition is that it's one of the most powerful movements we've seen in American politics in the last 200 years.

Conservatives have been in the wilderness long enough. They can understand what it's like.

Well, it's encouraging news for the Republicans. At least it's not number one.

This looks like it might be a wave. We won't know for sure. There's still three weeks left to go. But there are an awful lot of Republicans out there worrying that it is a wave.

If the election were held today, I think it's pretty certain the Democrats would win the House.

But, you know, turnout does matter. And, in some very close races, Republicans will win because they have a -- a better turnout machine.

I think we missed an opportunity as Republicans to essentially take the air out of this story maybe 10 days ago, when Denny Hastert decided to fight it out.

But turnout -- it's turnout vs. tide at this point. And, at this moment, Anderson, the tide is running more heavily in the Democratic direction than at any time in perhaps 20 years.

I think the turnout effort by the Republicans is probably worth maybe 2, 3, in some important races as much as 4 percent.

They have bet the house on the decision he made today.

If you do, vote Republican. If you don't, vote for change.

They have created -- they have allowed a new issue to be created that they do not want.

I believe that there is a way out for -- that might -- that -- that if the speaker were to consider saying, I'm resigning at the end of this year, so, there's a more Solomonic decision and said, look, I -- I understand, for the good of the…

Absolutely. And they could -- they -- they don't want to go so far, but they still want to press it at the local level.

This story took a very ominous turn for Republicans today. Not only is the FBI moving, but the -- the assertion by this former Foley chief of staff that he told Speaker Hastert's office some time ago, a long time ago, two to three years…

For the Democrats, they can't overplay their hand. But, boy, the tide is really rolling for them now in these -- in these elections, both in the House and the Senate -- very importantly, the Senate.

The administration may not have been misleading us on going into the war intentionally, but they have intentionally been misleading us during the war.

That's the political problem the administration has.

Bob Woodward's book is saying next year is going to be more violent than this year.

This book is going to have a lot of impact.

I think that he was trying to show Democrats, in effect, listen, when they start to bully you from the right, when they try to roll over you, don't just sit there and take it. Push back, fight back, counter punch hard.

I think that there is -- you know, Bill Clinton is very sensitive to symbolic moments.

He felt that the ABC miniseries on 'The Path of 9/11' had been terribly unfair to him and to his administration.

this is an irresponsible regime, a little wacky, and dangerous.

the president has been following a polarizing strategy ever since he was in trouble.