“Slimy elder statesman” is the apt description for the former President’s latest foray into this year’s election as he calls John McCain “a great man,” Sarah Palin an “instinctively effective candidate” and says that Hillary Clinton is offering “the most detailed position” on what to do about the financial crisis.
And the other guys? “I’ve never concealed my admiration and affection for Sen. McCain. I think he’s a great man. But, I think, on the issues that matter to our future, the Obama-Biden team is, is more right. And I believe they’re gonna win. But, I think that it will be competitive until the end.”
This represents a bit of slippage from Clinton’s convention speech only three weeks ago:
“Clearly, the job of the next president is to rebuild the American dream and to restore American leadership in the world…Everything I learned in my eight years as president, and in the work I have done since in America and across the globe, has convinced me that Barack Obama is the man for this job…
“Barack Obama is ready to honor the oath, to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Barack Obama is ready to be president of the United States…
“Republicans said I was too young and too inexperienced to be commander-in-chief…