David Gergen actually said...

"He was very tough. President Obama said today at the State Department he was one tough son of a gun. And that's exactly right."

"I think he actually made what I think is a problem for Obama is that Bill Clinton makes a better argument for the compromise than President Obama did the other day."

"I think President Obama has a self-confidence and inner security, that this wouldn't faze him at all. And I think he thinks that, you know, well, what's the big deal?"

"It should have been accompanied by a commitment on -- a hard commitment on spending cuts down the road."