David Gergen

I think it's important for him to sort of start breaking out and see if he can get above this lid of 25 percent that he's running into in various places.

I think clearly that if he came in behind Paul and Santorum, even if it were bunched and clustered, I think he would be hurt.

I don't think just coming in second is -- it's going to look like, you know, he lost the expectations game.

The public will now blame the House Republicans for breaking down -- this breakdown in Washington and that the House Republicans are being held hostage by the Tea Party.

Every time you go after somebody on an issue that you're vulnerable you're self on, it basically invites the media to replay all of the ways in which you're weak or you've been a flip-flopper.

You want a man of this temperament in the oval office, a man who is going to be the difference between war and peace. That's a legitimate question.

Mitt Romney is clearly trying to prove -- his campaign is trying to show that he's going to take the fight to Obama.

Is there a new Newt in town? If there is a new Newt and people were convinced of that, I think Erick's right, he'll give Mitt Romney a run for his money.

If there is a new Newt and people were convinced of that, I think Erick's right, he'll give Mitt Romney a run for his money.

Look, Mitt Romney is clearly trying to prove, his campaign is trying to show he's going to take the fight to Obama, something Republicans have had -- a little worried about.

I think he ought to just clear the air and restart and go after the material honestly.

You have no choice but to keep -- try to keep Pakistan on our side and to remain as friendly as possible under the circumstances.

I think he's going -- I think he'll take a hit in the conservative community. He will also get credit for being willing to say what he believes.

That's what we need to see from Republicans now.

So what -- so what if they lose some support back home? They were elected to do a job. They can't get -- if they can't get the job done, they should lose office, not just support, they should lose office.

If you can't get the job done, let's get somebody else in there who can protect the country.

We've had a passive president on these negotiations. He's been on the sidelines.

This story is going to continue, it has legs, and this controversy is going to deepen. And it could well almost knock him out of the race unless he now come forward and gets the facts himself.

If he did nothing wrong, he could have put this to rest.

She wants an opportunity to have her side told and you just said she's still mulling, and I'm not quite sure what she is mulling.

The president is really playing -- and Jessica knows this better than I do. The president is on a dual track policy. On one hand he's trying to set up all the obstruction and blaming the Republicans for stopping things. On the other hand…

He's trying to set up all the obstruction and blaming the Republicans for stopping things.

Republicans might be willing to cut a deal to do more on the jobs plan if the Democrats would go along with the repatriation argument.

It is political gamesmanship. And I think most Democrats will tell you that privately. Right from the beginning, this jobs bill, while Democrats especially in the White House believe it would help, was designed to be more of a political…

This is a plan that redistributes the tax burden down. It reduces the tax burden on the wealthy, and it redistributes the tax burden down.