David Gergen actually said...

"You've promised that you're going to get out. Iraq has been on simmer. George Bush is going to give you something that looks like it's doing better."

"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."