David Gergen actually said...

"What Barack Obama very much needs now is a Jack Welch-type figure to come in and to run this stimulus program and especially to oversee the spending side."

"There are deep philosophical differences which, in some cases, are non-negotiable."

"It says, Anderson, he's doing today what he did last night with that Arab television interview. And that is, he is trying to set a new tone in Washington and in the way Washington deals with the world..."

"This is a time when there's great weakness in political leadership both on the Palestinian side where the leadership is fractured between the West Bank and Gaza."