David Gergen actually said...

"I give credit to the president tonight for saying I am going to put forward a plan on the deficit. We've been waiting for that. Good for him. He's going to put it forward."

"we need help now. You know, we're really hurting."

"I think a lot of Americans would like to see less campaigning and more action in Washington."

"One has a sense that the campaign really officially launched this weekend. We moved off spring training and we have now gotten the official campaign with the Ames poll and now the president coming out..."