David Gergen actually said...

"one of the big judgments we're going to make in the upcoming presidential campaign is, are people going to campaign on the future and have real plans, and then get a mandate for change, or are they si..."

"that's the kind of rancid politics that I think just turns everybody off, and it does make it hard to plan for the future."

"Well, it is true that, you know, with the coming of what's called -- now called the permanent campaign, and that is, as soon as people get elected, they start running for the office for the next time ..."

"It's harder. It's tougher to sustain. It's tougher to put a plan out there that will get support."