David Gergen actually said...

"It seems to me that it's not what the White House is doing ' where is the Republican leadership on this question'"

"If they're going to help stir people up, that's fine but they now have to take responsibility for the peoples showing up and say 'We've got a hand in this, we want to do this in a civil way.'"

"George W. Bush and Barack Obama come to Washington and promise to make a change, make this our discourse, make things civil. And it just gets worse."

"The real question facing us as a people right now is are we a self governing people or not?"