David Gergen actually said...

"I think it's ultimately going to come down to a test of can a Democratic Party govern with this majority? And if they can't govern, I think Candy's right, there's a sense in the party, they're really ..."

"To get it through the Senate they're going to have to strip out the public option."

"It's ultimately going to come down to a test, can a Democratic Party govern with this majority? And if they can't govern, I think Candy's right. As a party, they're really going to get punished."

"If it does spill over into next year, there's going to be an awful lot of stock piling about the elections."