David Gergen actually said...

"I do think it's going to -- an embarrassment. He doesn't want another one like this, because I think that really will be damaging."

"I think we're in a 'three strikes and you're out.' I think this is just the first strike."

"I think we expect the director of national intelligence to know when some big operation is going down against al Qaeda by one of our closest friends in the world."

"He was very tough. President Obama said today at the State Department he was one tough son of a gun. And that's exactly right."