David Gergen actually said...

"It's a vanity project. It's a vanity project. You know, and this was being done essentially to please one man."

"I think the real issue here is whether the President is going to knock over all these norms."

"This President has very strong authoritarian instincts, and we don't know what he's going to do if cornered."

"It's very rich for this White House to be talking about the erratic behavior of John Brennan and about his, quote, wild outbursts. It's just unbelievable that they choose those rationale."