David Gergen actually said...

"The new president may well be put in the position of having to come up with a short-term economic plan for the next year or two."

"You need to do that now not once you get in the presidency."

"I must say, this is one area where the candidates on both sides, John McCain and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are all in favor of doing something about climate change."

"We're going to need an extraordinary leadership over the next four years. The problems facing the next president, in my judgment, are the toughest that have faced any president since Franklin Roosevel..."