At that point, York acknowledged that a number of White House strategists and confirmation observers, "while impressed with Pryor's candor, wondered what was going on." Who is this guy? What does he think he is doing? Is he suicidal? Is he deliberately trying to derail the President's judicial agenda?York said no such thing.
Take out the White House strategists part, and then you have what York said. The White House strategists part is made up by this author.
Look at the quotation marks. Grant is further explaining that the confirmation observers were also White House strategists.