David Gergen actually said...

"I am -- I'm just mystified, because his strong suit -- George W. Bush's strong suit has always been, he's straight-talking."

"Now that they have the Senate, apparently, they have a lot more power together with the House and the Senate to push."

"They may stay home. They may go fishing, as a matter of fact, and send a message to the party, look, just don't take us for granted. You haven't done enough."

"They've gone to Washington to replace what they saw as a corrupt Democratic rule of the House of Representatives in the Senate. And they always thought that these folks would live by a higher standard..."