David Gergen actually said...

"General Petraeus is on a different time scale. He probably does need more time."

"But, when you go after a fly with a sledgehammer, you can get the fly, but you often cause a lot of ruckus."

"I think that John Edwards essentially held people's coats and let them fight it out, and he does emerge unscathed and -- and a little bit ahead."

"That's obviously a big, big development, a big story, both militarily and -- and politically."