David Gergen actually said...

"It does send a message, as if Hillary Clinton needed this again -- it does send a message that this campaign has not been as smooth as it should have been."

"Mark Penn's demotion could impact not just the Pennsylvania primary but the rest of the primaries to come."

"I think there is an interesting question about what their message will be in the next couple of weeks and the weeks that follow."

"That kind of negative final fling, I think, would have doomed both of them, or could have."