Today's Fresh Blogs...

• Hmm. Hey, yeah.

  Published: July 29, 2007, 7:51 pm

  Tags: Cokie Roberts, David Gergen, George W Bush

  she said it out loud. And David Gergen agreed whole heartedly. Does anyone recall these gasbags saying that Bush was moving so far to the right with his monarchic, fundamentalist, shock and awe presidency that it was going to be a biiiig problem for them? I must have missed all those warnings. Now that he's at 28% and the conservatives are on

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• After defending Petraeus, Gergen admitted, "I have a personal relationship with him ... I'm biased"

  Published: September 10, 2007, 7:59 pm

  Tags: David Gergen, Cnn, Cnn Newsroom, National Security Foreign Policy, War In Iraq

  former White House adviser David Gergen said that Gen. David Petraeus "has won high marks within the military on all services as one of the most respected, independent-minded men and who ... [has] become a father figure on counterinsurgency," before admitting, "I must tell you, I have a personal relationship with him, so I'm sure

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• A TravelGate Flashback: Hillary's False Testimony - it doesn’t add up

  Published: October 26, 2007, 1:31 pm

  Tags: Scandals, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Make Overs, Editorials Opinion, Hillary Lies, Crime, Commentary, Clinton, Commentary, Crime, David Gergen, Hillary, Perjury, Prosecute, Testimony, Travelgate

  From the June 13, 2003 issue of NRO by Byron York:  To hear Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton tell it, the whole thing started with a Diet Dr Pepper. In her new memoir, Living History, Clinton writes that on one of her first trips as First Lady, a young aide asked her what she would like to drink. "You know, I really feel like a Diet Dr

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• On CNN, Gergen distorted Obama's response regarding U.S. deaths in Iraq

  Published: November 16, 2007, 1:40 pm

  Tags: David Gergen, Cnn, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government And Elections, National Security Foreign Policy, War In Iraq

  World Report editor at large David Gergen claimed that when Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) "was asked about, is the surge [in Iraq] working, he couldn't even acknowledge, hey, look, the death numbers are down," adding that Obama "dismiss[ed] it altogether." Gergen went on to say of Obama: "You're the straight guy here. You're the guy

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• Two stories behind the alleged Clinton debate success

  Published: November 17, 2007, 10:04 am

  Tags: Commentary, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Censored, Cnn, David Gergen, Debate, Democratic, James Carville, John Edwards

  A couple of intriguing–maybe even disturbing–postscripts to last night's Democratic debate. It wasn't so much a debate as a chaotic uncoordinated interview of a gang of candidates in front of a Las Vegas crowd accustomed to prize fights and cheering for their favorite (Hillary Clinton) and booing the bad guy (John Edwards,

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• CNN is Hillary’s Best Friend

  Published: November 17, 2007, 9:52 am

  Tags: Editorials Opinion, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Cnn, David Gergen, Debate, Democrat, James Carville, Tim Russert

  CNN has long been called the "Clinton News Network," but after last night's debate, many today are asking if the name is more than just a joke reserved for Republicans.  If you watched the debate — or even just saw clips — it was obvious that the audience was stacked with Clinton supporters who not only

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• How The Clinton News Network Bungled Debate

  Published: November 25, 2007, 11:11 am

  Tags: Commentary, Editorials Opinion, Hillary Clinton, Campaign, Clinton, Cnn, David Gergen, Debate, Hillary, James Carville, Political

  closest friends, and David Gergen, a Clinton (and other) White House alum, agreed that it had been a winning night for Hillary Clinton. Apparently, Harry and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason weren't available.

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• CNN Tries Hard to Focus on the Issues, Fails

  Published: November 29, 2007, 9:37 am

  Tags: Media, Anderson Cooper, Bill Bennett, Cnn, David Gergen, Jamal Simmons, John King

  ad came tonight." David Gergen, former White House adviser: "Well, on style, I think that the most presidential tonight were John McCain, who has found his voice again...But the candidate I think that the spotlight was shining on tonight and who really emerged as the most authentic and human was Mike Huckabee. Huckabee

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• CNN's idea of balance

  Published: March 3, 2008, 10:18 pm

  Tags: Roland Martin, Journalism, John King, Bay Buchanan, Dana Bash, Cnn, David Gergen, Media, Candy Crowley, Politics

  now their analysts are David Gergen, Bay Buchanan, and Roland Martin. Seriously. They've completely amputated the left.This is why CNN is useless to anyone with

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• Hillary Clinton equivocated on NAFTA over the years.

  Published: February 26, 2008, 12:10 pm

  Tags: Hillary Clinton, Nafta, David Gergen

  Hillary Clinton has constantly made statements of support for NAFTA over the years. For instance, she has done so in her own book. But now, Hillary is putting out a post which says that she did not, in fact, support NAFTA:GERGEN: "I was act

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• Repackaging Rev. Wright for Obama's White House Run

  Published: April 28, 2008, 5:28 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, David Gergen, Hillary Clinton, Jeremiah Wright

  senior political analyst David Gergen is calling for the media to "move on" and stop giving Wright so much attention: And it takes attention away -- we have huge, huge problems facing this country. The candidates are increasingly coming down on opposite sides. We're having no discussion of that. Instead, we're off on this sideshow,

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• David Gergen on CNN: The Media Needs to Move On' From Rev. Wright Issue

  Published: April 28, 2008, 1:21 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Race Issues, Religion, David Gergen, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Roland Martin, Tony Harris, Cnn, Other Cnn, Audio, Video

  between Tony Harris, David Gergen, and Roland Martin after the Reverend Jeremiah Wright speech at the National Press Club (which Mark Finkelstein blogged about earlier), Gergen suggested that "it's time for him [Rev. Wright] to get off the stage, and frankly, for the media, I suggest, to move on." He also twice characterized the

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• Rev. Wright's Press Club Debacle Has CNN Anchor Groaning 'Ah, Boy'

  Published: April 28, 2008, 11:49 am

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Aids, Anti Military Bias, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Christianity, Culture Society, Naacp, Race Issues, Religion, Barack Obama, David Gergen, Jeremiah Wright, John Mccain, Roland Martin, Tony Harris, Bill Moyers Journal, Cnn, Pbs, Video

  'B.' Today: 'F'. HARRIS: David, what do you think? In Roland's words, did he blow it? DAVID GERGEN: I'm sure Reverend Wright has many virtues. Loyalty to his former parishioner is not one of them. I think that this has been narcissistic almost beyond belief. And this publicity offensive has been destructive for the Obama campaign. I think

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• CNN Continues Hypersensitive Approach to 'Appeasement' Remark

  Published: May 16, 2008, 1:55 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Foreign Policy, Iran, Israel Palestine, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, War On Terrorism, Barack Obama, David Gergen, Ed Henry, Fareed Zakaria, Gloria Borger, Jack Cafferty, President Bush

  well CNN political analyst David Gergen. Outside of Jack Cafferty's earlier bomb-throwing, Gergen gave the most vehement attack on the President's remarks by a CNN contributor. DAVID GERGEN: I can't remember as brazen a political shot by a President overseas in a political race back home, and especially, going to Israel and talking about

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• CNN's Gergen: Vanity Fair Article on Clinton Ignores His Good Works

  Published: June 3, 2008, 2:43 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Anderson Cooper, Bill Clinton, Candy Crowley, David Gergen, Gloria Borger, Todd Purdum, Anderson Cooper 360, Cnn

  (and former Clinton adviser) David Gergen, responding to Todd Purdum's recent Vanity Fair article on Bill Clinton during a segment on Monday's "Anderson Cooper 360," acknowledged that the former President "does have a temper, and he goes off like Mount Vesuvius," but then went on to criticize Purdum's article, that it

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