David Gergen

It has been a wonderful day to see the reaction of so many African-Americans.

He has to go this way. No, no, no. He has to go that way.

I think initially you look for something of a honeymoon. He is bringing a reservoir of enormous goodwill from the country.

He has talked about a new politics. He has to live up to that in the transition and demonstrate that through his appointments and through other things.

Absolutely, Anderson.

But this is a campaign that sort of ran out of gas.

I think in fairness, we ought to hold open the possibility that McCain could still win this. I don't think he will, but I think we have to hold up the possibility.

If Virginia goes early, it's over.

I think there's a good chance that they will break a little more heavily for McCain than they will for Obama.

I think Obama is likely to win. And the question to me is how big. Because I think it makes a big, big difference how strong he would come as president.

It's -- it's about maintaining momentum. And, so, when you can get Schwarzenegger out there on the field for -- for John McCain, that is helpful to McCain. It gives a little lift. It gives some zest to the campaign.

If Barack Obama wins, it's going to be a milestone in race relations and the country.

When John McCain is -- his feature of the day is Joe the plumber.

I think it's about 90 percent chance he's going to win now... maybe -- maybe higher.

I have come to believe that the battleground states and the kind of reporting and the polling that is going on is actually turning out to be a lot more important.

When they go after her, they reflect on him; it reflects on his judgment.

It's clear now that Sarah Palin has become a liability for the ticket.

The Latino voters, what we understand, they're going about two to one for Obama. Much heavier than -- and it could be the opportunity for -- of a lifetime for the Democrats, if they can bring those Latino voters on.

What we do know is both candidates have concentrated in the battleground states. They've put a lot of resources, they've put a lot of personal time. For Obama to have a significant lead in this big battleground states says an awful lot…

It's also true that timing of this is interesting because we've talking about how undecideds break, well, they typically break in the last three or four days.

If you're from a Democratic Party that hasn't won a majority of the votes in the country since 1976, and you're also black, wouldn't you try to raise one heck of a lot of money to sort of overcome the disadvantages you're facing?

His decision not to take federal funds, it did break his word, but obviously, it was smart politics, Anderson. He couldn't have raised anything like this.

His decision not to take federal funds did break his words, but obviously it was smart politics, Anderson. He couldn't have raised anything like this.

They may be making some modest progress with it Anderson, we do see some evidence McCain coming up a point or two here and there. But I don't think it's anywhere near close enough to win an election.

This was not manufactured by the media on Sunday; this was manufactured by the campaign.