David Gergen actually said...

"I think he was right to go to Pittsburgh, not today. It became an extremely awkward day for the president. He did the right thing in wanting to go and comfort families. But the awkwardness started rig..."

"I don't think he has a strategy on almost anything. I think he has reactions and he plays it by ear. And I do think he thinks its working and he would continue it."

"One of the first major things you do is to silence your critics, especially in the press. You try to find -- you try to delegitimize them and discredit them so that they won't be taken seriously in wh..."

"He bears indirect responsibility and he ought to acknowledge that and step up to it. That's what a serious, you know, brave president would do, a man of integrity would do."