David Gergen actually said...

"If they're going to help stir people up, that's fine but they now have to take responsibility for the peoples showing up and say 'We've got a hand in this, we want to do this in a civil way.'"

"George W. Bush and Barack Obama come to Washington and promise to make a change, make this our discourse, make things civil. And it just gets worse."

"The real question facing us as a people right now is are we a self governing people or not?"

"I think this is putting democracy to a real test and leaders on both sides need to step up and put an end to the disruptive brawling."