David Gergen actually said...

"It seems to me that we might be able to work out some resolution where the imam would join up with a Christian leader and a Jewish leader and figure out how to make this a true interfaith center."

"I do think that the imam is a very well-respected man, and the fact that the State Department supported him; he was carefully checked out before they sent him abroad to represent the United States."

"In the last two summers, the Democrats have lost control of the national message over the summer."

"It certainly does. And you make one little mistake, and it can be amplified so quickly now through the Internet, that people are extra careful."