David Gergen actually said...

"A distinction between apology and acknowledgment is a very important distinction."

"He wants to change the conversation. I think it was very intentional that they did not talk about terrorism today."

"Without progress on the Israeli/Palestinian issue, can there be -- overall, can the president say to have succeeded anywhere in the Muslim world?"

"We're learning though that Barack Obama is a man of enormous daring, Anderson. He started talking about this speech way back in the campaign."