"Beats the hell outta me!" when asked what should McCain do now.
David Gergen, who is rarely at a loss for words (Commentator, editor, teacher, public servant, best-selling author and adviser to presidents - for 30 years) said on CNN last evening.
In addition to serving in the Nixon, Ford, and Reagan administrations, Gergen was also a campaign staffer for George H.W. Bush's 1980 presidential campaign.
Despite his long-standing association with Republicans, Gergen is actually an independent, and served as an adviser to Democratic President Bill Clinton, first as a Counselor on both foreign policy and domestic affairs and then as Special International Advisor to then-Secretary of State Warren Christopher.
He is a honors graduate of Yale University (A.B., 1963) and the Harvard Law School (JD, 1967). He is a member of the D.C. bar. In addition, Mr. Gergen served for three-and-a-half years in the U.S. Navy, where he was posted for about two years to a ship home-ported in Japan.
Mr. Gergen is active on many boards, including Duke University and Teach for America. He frequently lectures here in the United States and overseas and holds 17 honorary degrees.
Gergen spoke at the 2008 World Economic Forum.
recommend this
email
print
link to this page
Comments: 18
Since you have a plan that WILL fix Social Security, find Osama Bin Laden, and fix the Economy share it with us now. We as a country need that information and the brattieness must stop now.
No way I am staying home on the 4th, unless I vote early. Apathy is what ruins everything.
He should put in his retirement papers and reserve a spot on the porch next to Bob Dole's rocking chair at the Failed Republican Presidential Candidates club. He's a goner.
Gergen is as intelligent as they come and well-seasoned as an advisor. If he has nothing concrete to offer, I suspect little or nothing is available.