David Gergen actually said...

"I think the prospect of $1 trillion a year or more of deficits, which is what we're looking at right now over the next four to eight years, is very sobering to people."

"Symbolic. You know, Tom Foreman just said, he talked about the president bringing an ax to the budget. Unfortunately, it looks more like a set of tweezers."

"I think they can absolutely point to the Bush administration for the huge deficits this year."

"Not only is it small, but it's going to be hard to get these done. There is resistance already being expressed on Capitol Hill against some of these cuts."