David Gergen actually said...

"I think the president clearly now feels confident enough of his own judgments that he's putting his own people in place."

"This president is going to carry out a very conservative second term."

"I think he's going to have a legacy of the highest-ranking black in American history in public life, one who made an enormous contribution to the country through his military service, through his serv..."

"If his voice had prevailed, then the country might have had a very different outcome in Iraq."