I think Barack Obama had every reason to go after these comments, because they're so reminiscent of what we were hearing just after New Hampshire and going into the South Carolina primary.

I think two things can be said about -- in a positive way about Geraldine Ferraro. First, she has also said about herself that she would not have been the vice presidential candidate, had she not been a woman.

I want to salute Mary Berry for her -- Mary's been an enormous advocate for civil rights in the country, so I respect her view.

It is intended. It's very clearly intended to diminish the candidacy of Barack Obama, and it was offensive because it was injecting race as a way to diminish him.

If someone had said about Hillary Clinton, you know, 'If she weren't a woman, she wouldn't be here,' people in the Clinton camp would have clearly taken offense at that.

I think it brings race and gender to the front of the conversation where -- and you know, I think it is very distracting.

I think he needs to use this time to be creative and speak to the country in deeper ways about where he's going and what his vision is for the presidency.

The comments from Geraldine Ferraro are highly offensive, inappropriate, and should be ruled out of bounds.

I think Pennsylvania is very different from Iowa. Iowa, that was not a good state for her. ... Pennsylvania is a great state for her. She's going to win Pennsylvania.

It is true of national campaigns. But we haven't had as much race and gender as we have had in this one.

It should be a concern if this ends up being a very fractious conclusion to who gets the nomination.