David Gergen actually said...

"What you as a new president have to make sure is, that if this thing gets a lot worse, all the blame doesn't come to you, so you lose on your political stand."

"The new president may well be put in the position of having to come up with a short-term economic plan for the next year or two."

"I must say, this is one area where the candidates on both sides, John McCain and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are all in favor of doing something about climate change."

"You can only persuade the Americans. This is what John McCain is saying, we will only sign an agreement in the United States if China and India also sign an agreement."