David Gergen actually said...

"I think they're having a very hard time sorting that out. But in appointing these two envoys today, I think they made ideal appointments."

"Trying to get the personalities straight is very important."

"It seems to me we have had a very serious day, Barack Obama's first day in office, and now we have sort of a circus-like ending to it, with both the John Roberts story about the -- taking the oath aga..."

"I think, any time you get a circus like this surrounding a potential nomination or naming, it makes it somewhat less likely that it will happen."