Wising Off

From David Holman in today's The American Spectator:

WASHINGTON -- "This is a very complex case, and I can just tell you outside Washington many people don't understand it." David Gergen, veteran of four presidential administrations, could have been discussing any number of hot political issues. Though he meant to address the frenzy around Karl Rove's involvement in the alleged outing of Valerie Plame, erstwhile covert CIA agent, Gergen captured the orotundish quality of discussion at yesterday's American Enterprise Institute panel -- before a turnaway crowd -- "How Is Bush Governing in His Second Term?"