David Gergen actually said...

"It does build confidence across the board. And look, he's got these huge problems ahead, but he also has the support now of about 70 percent more of the public who really want to see him do well."

"Not unless he wanted to go home as Herbert Hoover on Christmas Eve, he had no choice."

"I think that part of what the role is going to be for the next two year's -- let's remember, we're only talking about somebody who's going to fill a seat for two years until there's a general election..."

"It's almost done, Anderson, in my view. But David Paterson the governor, now finds himself caught in the cross fire doesn't he? He's probably going to be damned if he does and damned if he doesn't."