David Gergen actually said...

"I think it's a natural response to what happened with the shooting, and also now with the gas prices being where they were."

"that's the kind of rancid politics that I think just turns everybody off, and it does make it hard to plan for the future."

"Well, it is true that, you know, with the coming of what's called -- now called the permanent campaign, and that is, as soon as people get elected, they start running for the office for the next time ..."

"The best leaders are the ones, historically, who have looked ahead, you know, looked over the horizon."