David Gergen actually said...

"It may wrap himself in the deficit commission. He may wrap himself in the gang of six, anything but being bold and concrete, which I think is what is needed now."

"The real issue is, are they going to be adults and mature and actually try to come to grips with the program?"

"It is. You know, as David Walker would say, the -- what we were doing last week was paying the bar bills on the Titanic. And now in the coming weeks we're going to fight over the Titanic itself. And I..."

"I think Boehner came out as well as the Tea Party; he brought discipline to his party."