David Gergen actually said...

"The fact is that it's being painted as a party that is too extreme, too far to the right. It's got to get back into -- I think for its own sake it needs to listen to more of the right of center and no..."

"The Republicans are going to clearly get most of the blame if we go over the cliff on taxes, but the Republicans have an argument."

"Maybe the politicians can find it in themselves the next few days to say, hey, we're above this, we actually stand for something bigger than all this petty bickering."

"I think the prospects are strong that we are going to go over the cliff. They are high because the differences are so big."