David Gergen actually said...

"If people truly want to find a bridge to avoid the fiscal cliff, a way to get to the big issues, as David Walker says would have to come next year, I think they're the makings of it here."

"I do believe the president did get a partial mandate. At least the voters said the wealthy in this country ought to pay higher taxes."

"I think right now they favor John Kerry as the next secretary of state."

"The reason they didn't have the big -- didn't have the turnout they're looking for because they didn't have enough people out there who wanted to vote for them."