David Gergen actually said...

"When Erskine Bowles says there's only one in three chance we're going to be successful in avoiding the fiscal cliff, you have to pay attention."

"I think the country is getting tired of watching two sides say, you go first, no, no, you go first."

"I think that there are people around the president who are more interested or at least have a strong interest in using this as a way to humiliate Republicans."

"Now John Boehner has said not only we're putting $800 billion on the table, but we're going to aim it at the rich. The rich are the ones that will pay."