David Gergen actually said...

"We can't let the extremists take over the argument."

"Well, I think it certainly has become a political football. And there's no question that there were people in the political arena who did want to whip this up, and I think we all know that many of the..."

"I did not think he offered a lot of alternatives, nor did I think he truly had heard the voices of a Rosaleen or of an Andy when he sort of lumps people together who are opposing this as extremists."

"When you get 67 to 71 percent of people in polls saying they have real problems with this, you have to have some sensitivity to what the American public wants."