David Gergen actually said...

"Palin appears to be a continuing, if not an increasing drag on the GOP ticket."

"On Friday when she takes the deposition or releases her records, get all this out of the way and get the campaign back to the economy and the focus back on John McCain."

"He's going to be a much -- the government is going to be in good hands."

"But I have to tell you, from a public -- larger public point of view, I think it's going to be seen as just one more desperate effort to say -- to do whatever it takes to try to bring this over."