David Gergen
David Gergen
David Richmond Gergenis an American political commentator and former presidential advisor who served during the administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. He is currently a Senior Political Analyst for CNN and a Professor of Public Service and Co-Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. Gergen is also the former Editor-at-Large of U.S. News and World Report and a contributor to CNN.com and Parade Magazine. He has twice been a member...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth9 May 1942
CountryUnited States of America
Think of that, the split-screen sense. That's the problem this presidency has ... it's being split down the middle.
Larry is a friend and I believe in the vision of renewal that he set forth for the university. He recognized that it was almost impossible to move things forward.
I think he still has time to recover politically, and I think it's likely he will. He's good at this. You'll see a better Bush during the next few days, in charge and compassionate. But if he doesn't, there's going to be a serious political price to pay.
I think he has to calibrate it very carefully. The White House says it is going to be a very optimistic speech. But I think people are not feeling very optimistic at the moment.
I still think this president would be served by having someone fresh come in. It would be a matter of making room at the table.
I was in the Nixon White House during Watergate, and we pretended that we were all about business as usual. And we had a president who was talking to the portraits. It was not business as usual, but you have to say it.
You can agree or disagree with Ronald Reagan's policies, his conservatism. I was less conservative than he was, but if you add it all up, I believe he ranked as the best leader we've had in the White House since Franklin Roosevelt, and that's saying a lot.
You can agree or disagree with Ronald Reagan's policies, his conservatism.
Win or lose, he realized that it was going to be very difficult to govern and that the better part of valor was to step aside.
That would give you protection against Democratic attacks and restore bipartisan spirit.
Why a White House that was so adept in most of the first term has misjudged two or three big calls in its second term it's puzzling.
We know that second terms have historically been marred by hubris and by scandal.
One cannot underestimate how widely admired Tom Daschle is in Washington for his integrity.
It’s easy to confuse motion with progress.