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David Gergen was an American political commentator and advisor who served in the administrations of four U.S. presidents, providing insights and guidance on various political matters. Born on May 9, 1942, in Massachusetts, Gergen held significant roles in both Republican and Democratic administrations, showcasing his ability to navigate the political landscape across party lines. He was also a professor of public service at Harvard University, where he influenced a new generation of leaders. In addition to his academic work, Gergen was a senior political analyst for CNN, contributing to public discourse on current events until his passing on July 10, 2025.
I think on the automobile industry, Anderson, he has no choice but to want to see some sort of resolution because if Congress does not act before January 20th, General Motors is saying essentially there's a good chance it will run out of…
This is going to make her a hot property in the 2010 off-year elections.
I think this actually puts a lot more pressure on Barack Obama to govern much more from the center and not from the left.
He's going to need a bipartisan approach on his economic stimulus package and on other things, even though as all this claims has lined up to get money.
Well, on the face of it, it would appear Joe Biden, you know, didn't -- is not inheriting the Earth here and is -- but my bet is, Anderson, there are so many problems in the world, it's just inevitable that he's going to take on…
I think they're going to have some robust conversations, Anderson, in the Situation Room as well as in Cabinet Room. They're going to be full of a lot of give and take.
If it's true, John McLaughlin said that this is the 9/11 for India, that's a big darned deal.
It's not Obama. But they've got to do everything they can to protect the American lives of people in India, especially in Mumbai.
He's going to have to delegate, to a very significant degree, responsibility for overseeing terrorism in this part of the world, as well as many other foreign policy problems, to perhaps Hillary Clinton, and Bob Gates, and Jim Jones and…
Even as Barack Obama's inheriting the worst economic mess in nearly 80 years, he's also inheriting an extraordinarily dangerous world.
The danger for him is that we've always understood there's an arc of instability and crisis in the world that stretched essentially from Israel, Lebanon, to the Mediterranean, over in to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
He's putting heavy weights in place. I'm not sure that would been the case, had there been a more complacent view towards what he was facing.
He has to send a message publicly to terrorists in India and elsewhere that just as George W. Bush has been tough on terrorism, he will be do.
What he can't do, of course, is make policy and that really is up the president today, George W. Bush.
He's putting together one of the most impressive teams, starting on economic policy, that we have seen in a long, long time in Washington.
The impression he's giving out is that he is going to use the stimulus package that's going to be very massive and cover a lot of different bases.
Barack Obama is putting together one of the most impressive teams starting in economic policy that we've seen in a long, long time in Washington.
I think it's been very helpful and I think it was triggered by that massive fall in the markets that Ali reported on last week, back to back falls of about 400 points in the DOW.
He was right in the center of that. You know, I'm sure he was up very late in the night last night, before he was with Obama during the day today.
I mention he's going to have some more Republican support on this. Remember, one of the most influential conservative economists in the country, Marty Feldstein, is calling for a massive stimulus.
I think it's crucial. Ali and Gloria and I talked late last week, that there was a vacuum in Washington and nobody was responding and the economy starting to go down real fast.
I think Bill Clinton will continue to do a lot of good in the world, and over time maybe they can even use him in some of their diplomatic efforts.
The important thing here, yes, there is a risk they will not get along. There's a risk whenever you put a group of heavyweights into the Cabinet.
I think that she's effectively out of the running for the 2012. I don't think she can challenge Barack Obama in a set of primaries in 2012.
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