David Gergen actually said...

"Mitt Romney cannot win with simply the Tea Party as a -- in that part of the base. He needs to bring in some of those people from the middle."

"This galvanizes the right. In talking to conservatives who were in state legislatures who got elected by the Tea Party folks, they say, look, this is what's going to bring the Tea Party out."

"It's very, very important. Yes, money counts. Yes, ground game counts. Both Paul and Gloria are right about that. But so do fundamental ideas. They matter in politics."

"I think he can certainly give voice to a lot of the restlessness and resentments and that sort of thing that are stirring against some of the excesses in labor unions, but what I hope he does not do i..."