David Gergen actually said...

"he needs to pivot off and go on to Iraq and then talk about the economy. But he cannot pivot off completely."

"I think he took a negative in his campaign, something that could have crippled his campaign, and turned it basically into a positive yesterday with that speech."

"If we want to keep on playing these videos for the rest of the campaign, you know, we can have that kind of election. And it will be rancid, and I think we will all be very ashamed of ourselves."

"He needs to pivot off and go on to Iraq and then talk about the economy. But he cannot pivot off completely."