Updated: Wednesday, 06 Jul 2011, 10:36 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 06 Jul 2011, 10:36 PM EDT
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - CNN Senior Political Analyst David Gergen has been a guest speaker at the Chautauqua Institution this week. He came to the WIVB-TV newsroom tonight and News Four’s Jacquie Walker asked him about his view of leadership in America and our country’s standing in the world.
Gergen said: “I’m very, very worried about it. I gave a talk today at Chautauqua in which I focused on the question of America in decline. Are we in decline? How real is the danger? I think the danger is extremely real. There’s a very real threat. Financial crises have brought down great empires in the past. And when it comes, it can come very, very rapidly and it isn’t pleasant. So, there are a lot of negative consequences. Not just for our standing. There are real negative consequences about the stagnation of income and lack of jobs that would continue here in the United States and will punish our children and punish our grandchildren.
David Gergen came to the newsroom to make an appearance by satellite on Elliott Spitzer’s final talk show tonight on CNN. Gergen has been an advisor to four U.S. presidents.
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