David Gergen actually said...

"I think that some of the comments she made over the last few days, you know, she was scratching away, as Mark said. She was trying to push him down on this. But I think it also struck a lot of voters ..."

"the next president is going to -- especially if you're a Democrat, is going to face a dilemma, because you have promised the voters you want to get out. But, yet, as you look at it, you see, you know,..."

"there are going to be at least 100,000 troops still there... probably closer to 130,000, 140,000."

"there are no timetables in this. And there's also a sense in the country, you know, we're really pretty stuck here right now, aren't we?"