David Gergen actually said...

"But I will tell you something. I think they are -- in a very odd way, despite all their disarray -- and that sort of goes with being Democrats, I suppose -- they're actually giving a gift to the presi..."

"The president can now have a good-cop/bad-cop routine with the Maliki government."

"I think that the Democrats, the growling that they're doing against the war, does -- it puts pressure on the White House."

"General Petraeus is on a different time scale. He probably does need more time."