From Chris Cillizza at WaPo
Among the gems he offered up during his sitdown with King:
• On experience, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain: “The experience issue, at least in the Democratic primary, was virtually irrelevant to people … maybe prior public service and hard effort, making hard decisions, maybe doesn’t amount to anything.”
• On his wife’s (and his own) support for Obama: “If you look at what Hillary has done, she has already done more for him, notwithstanding the unusual circumstances of this primary, than any runner up has in a nominating process in 40 years.”
• On his role in the campaign: “I just don’t believe that, you know, getting up here and hyperventilating about Governor Palin or Senator McCain, for that matter, is a productive use of a former president’s time, and is not a vote-getter.”
• On the Palin pick: “I think that she and her husband and their kids come cross gutsy, spirited and real… . I think it’s best to say that Senator McCain looks like he knew what he was doing. He picked somebody who gave him a lot of energy, a lot of support.”
