No one really won in this constitution. It left almost everything vague. Everyone played to a tie but we don't know how the ties are going to be resolved.

There was a sense the president was on another planet. What the president has done in the last week or so is be much more frank about challenges without diluting his optimism. ... It puts him back in the debate.

It's a lot of excellent, well-meaning people who have an impossible job to do, ... There's no way they can make both sides happy when they're done with their investigation and filing their report.

It's a 12-step program. The first step is to admit you have a problem. They still have 11 steps to go.

People were overly optimistic. And now people are overly pessimistic.

The process will take a long time.

The roadmap is inoperative and nothing has replaced it.

He (Abbas) didn't come away with a whole lot and he's looking at elections in January and he can't be too pleased.

There is going to be regional involvement if an Iraqi civil war breaks out. ... The downsides of this could be absolutely catastrophic.