Bill Clinton: “Yes. I think--and in historical terms, if you look at parallel elections, you go back and check, where was Nixon, where…”

“Yes. I think--and in historical terms, if you look at parallel elections, you go back and check, where was Nixon, where was Bush, where were these people, I think as long as he's out there articulating the vision and saying what he'll do if he gets elected and as long as he feels good about it, I think he's doing fine. I think it's good. ``Compassionate Conservatism'' Mr. Brownstein. I don't suppose I can talk with you in the limo? Can I ask you one last question? The other thing that's been going on, in addition to--I'm interested in your thought about what ``compassionate conservatism'' means to you. As you say, some of those speeches sound like--they talked about opportunity, community, responsibility at various points. Is it an homage to what you're doing, or do you see it as something that is fundamentally different than the New Democrat agenda?”