David Gergen actually said...

"It is intended. It's very clearly intended to diminish the candidacy of Barack Obama, and it was offensive because it was injecting race as a way to diminish him."

"I want to salute Mary Berry for her -- Mary's been an enormous advocate for civil rights in the country, so I respect her view."

"I think Barack Obama had every reason to go after these comments, because they're so reminiscent of what we were hearing just after New Hampshire and going into the South Carolina primary."

"I think it brings race and gender to the front of the conversation where -- and you know, I think it is very distracting."