David Gergen

Not very much, Anderson, except a bridge that -- that keeps them alive. I think the White House looks like it's been backed into a corner by its own failures to get Congress to pass a compromise bill.

Not very much, Anderson, except a bridge that keeps them alive. I think the White House looks like it's been backed into a corner by its own failures to get Congress to pass a compromise bill.

I do believe it's starting to consume a lot of time, especially in the cable. It's going to move into the newspapers. And it's going to bleed into the weekend. I think every day that goes by allows more suspicion to grow that something is…

If there is someone in the Obama team... who knew that there was this finagling or this request by the governor for money or something and did not report it, they may not have a legal problem... but they have a political problem.

He did something important... He did promise that today. Good for him. That lives up to the standard of transparency.

It is a surprise, Anderson. Just like we have in the $700 billion bailout, we're seeing tonight not only a collapse of this automobile package but the final collapse of political leadership in this Congress.

The longer this goes on, the more he gets entangled in it.

I think it removes one of the coats of armor that Barack Obama was bringing into the Presidency. He's a little more vulnerable on this now than he was before.

I think he has to bring to the public or have someone on his campaign team now make public all the contacts from within the staff with anybody around the Governor or the Governor himself.

He's been a little slow off the mark, Anderson. He was tentative yesterday. He could have called for the resignation yesterday. Instead, he let others do that first.

I think this whole episode for Jesse Jackson Jr. means he probably -- he cannot be appointed by a sitting Governor in Illinois. He could win the seat in an open election.

There was some representative who -- coming from a labor union who talked to the governor about appointing 'Candidate One.'

I think that it removes one layer of protection for him in the next few months and that is if something else were to happen around him he's a little more vulnerable.

Well, I have a hard time pronouncing his name. I just call him the idiot. Because this man has given crooks a bad name.

This man has given crooks a bad name.

I would imagine, Anderson, some of the big questions will be kicked down the road. Just as the big -- the big bailout is going to come now and during the Obama presidency.

Well, it's fascinating. The fact that she's willing to sit down and talk about it suggests that she's giving it real consideration.

Barack Obama seized this moment today to push for more support for his own stimulus package. And he has a Gallup Poll now that says 58 percent of Americans support him in seeking some $500 to $700 billion in general for stimulus.

Yes, it's inevitable with this job report, this terrible job report today, along with the fact that Barack Obama has indicated that he does not want these companies to fail. They're going to hammer on a compromise.

I think Obama signaled today that he wants to make some changes if we go to the second half of this.

He is proving to have a very mainstream team.

I think it's possible Anderson. It's clear he will not be called upon for a full-time job.

I think Obama's signal today that he wants to make some changes if we go to the second half of this.

I think there'll be some sort of way to -- they may structure bankruptcy in a way to protect jobs and protect sales.

It is unimaginable to me that the Democratic Congress and the incoming Democratic President will let the automobile companies go down.