David Gergen actually said...

"It's really important that a Democratic president has made a commitment to Afghanistan for another 12 years."

"I have felt as Ari felt that they went overboard in their ad on going after Romney. I thought they were excessive on a lot of this."

"Here's a man who had a plan going all the way back to the campaign. He said he was going to try to crush al Qaeda and take out bin Laden. He's done both."

"I think the United States is -- even though there's going to be quibbling on the sides, I think the United States is very, very likely now to have a presence there for the foreseeable future."