David Gergen actually said...

"If they vote this down, that will be a blow for -- against Barack Obama on the eve of his inauguration, something that would be, have been unbelievable only a few weeks ago."

"This reflects fundamentally the failures of the Bush administration in the way they carried out the first half of it."

"I think it says it is going to be a very messy process, but I think Obama's likely to prevail."

"This veto threat, he has got the high cards here. The Democrats are not going to let the financial community collapse at this point."