Reply #51: Are you sure he wasn't explaining his wife's loss?

[ieoeja]

He said: "Suppose you're a voter, and you've got candidate X and candidate Y. Candidate X agrees with you on everything, but you don't think that candidate can deliver on anything at all. Candidate Y you agree with on about half the issues, but he can deliver. Which candidate are you going to vote for?"

The article does not say how these remarks came up in his talk with foreign dignitaries. But it makes more sense as an attempt by him to explain to outsiders why his own political party selected someone else over his wife. The next President is going to have to work with the House and the Senate to deliver on any issues. And the Clintons rather famously do not get along with the folks in Washington.