David Gergen actually said...

"The president is likely to look toward the military recommendations, which are coming in, in the next two weeks, and choose those over the Baker-Hamilton commission."

"The president is saying, look, I see that things are not going well."

"I think that puts enormous pressure on the presidency. You know, we're going to have to do it a another way, a different way."

"The policy in Iraq is failing. The policy in the Middle East is failing. The president cannot walk away from those conclusions."