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SPANISH WHICH I DON'T THINK
WENT, AS WELL.
BUT LARRY SABATO, LET ME TURN TO
YOU SORT OF THE NATIONAL
POLITICS HERE AND BILL CLINTON.
IT WAS FASCINATING ME THAT BILL
CLINTON, THE GUY WHO BROUGHT
BACK DEMOCRATS TO THE NATIONAL
STAGE BY USHERING IN SORT OF THE
CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS STOOD
THERE AND SAID VERY DIRECTLY
THAT HE STRONGLY ENDORSES THE
PROGRESSIVE IDEALS OF BILL
DeBLASIO.
NOW, THAT CERTAINLY COULD BE
TRUE, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING
ELSE TO IT WHICH MIGHT IT BE
HILLARY 2016, RIGHT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
LOOK, IT'S A RARE MAYOR THAT
GETS SWORN IN BY A FORMER
PRESIDENT, AND PARTICULARLY A
FORMER PRESIDENT WHO'S SPOUSE IS
THE LEADING CANDIDATE FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC BE NOMINATION FOR
PRESIDENT IN 2016 AND I DON'T
WANT TO BE OVERLY CYNICAL OR
ANALYTICAL ABOUT IT, BUT AS YOU
LISTENED TO CLINTON'S COMMENTS
IT SEEMED TO ME THAT FIRST OF
ALL, HE WAS REDEFINING HIS OWN
PRESIDENCY AS BEING QUITE A BIT
MORE LIBERAL THAN IT ACTUALLY
WAS.
AND SECOND, OF COURSE, HE'S
DOING IT FOR HILLARY.
IT'S OBVIOUS HE'S DOING IT FOR
HILLARY BECAUSE IF SHE HAS A
FEAR, A CHALLENGE THAT COULD
ACTUALLY DETHRONE HER IN 2016,
IT MAY WELL COME FROM THE LEFT
PROGRESSIVE POPULIST WING OF THE
PARTY, ALMOST ALL OF WHOM
OPPOSED HER IN 2008 AGAINST
OBAMA.
SHE STILL FEARS THAT BECAUSE OF
HER VOTE FOR THE IRAQ WAR AND
SOME OTHER THINGS.
SO AS YOU LISTEN TO CLINTON IN
ESSENCE SPEAKING FOR HILLARY, HE
WAS TRYING TO REPOSITION HER TO
PUT AS LITTLE DISTANCE AS