David Gergen actually said...

"I think the president has every reason to fire him if he wants. But, on the other side, we're on the eve of the Kandahar offensive."

"The one person he has been getting along well with is President Karzai. And they have formed a very strong partnership."

"The President's dilemma is that he said, you know, Tony Hayward, from BP, if he worked for him, he would have been fired a long time ago for some of the dumb things he has been saying."

"I think they have continued to miss their mark on the cleanup."