David Gergen actually said...

"you can't govern the country. You can't -- you can't get the big things done."

"it's not a governing strategy."

"A lot depends on how -- whether there's any drama to it, whether there's any news in it. If he is simply endorsing a legislative position that is emerging now as a compromise in the Senate, and he's n..."

"Is he -- you know, his strategy for recovery has been to rally his base, to rally the conservative base."