David Gergen actually said...

"It certainly suggests that the mode -- the tone the President set today is a -- is a tone set by someone who thinks that talks are near collapse or not going anywhere and he's trying to scold the Repu..."

"Well, he has. He has chosen I think what was aptly called earlier tonight a Goldilocks strategy. And that is, there's some people who want to move out rapidly, some people who want to stay a long time..."

"I think it was a very good speech -- brought into focus his overall philosophy. And you have to say he promised as a candidate and early on in his presidency he would wind down the wars in Iraq and Af..."

"There's a war weariness in the land, after 10 years."