David Gergen actually said...

"it's not a governing strategy."

"A lot depends on how -- whether there's any drama to it, whether there's any news in it. If he is simply endorsing a legislative position that is emerging now as a compromise in the Senate, and he's n..."

"Is he -- you know, his strategy for recovery has been to rally his base, to rally the conservative base."

"the country's going to be -- it will help with conservatives. It will get them -- it will get them modestly up. But -- but it's no way to build -- rebuild a presidency."