Bill Clinton: “You know, I only wish we knew how Barbra really feels about all of this. [Laughter] It's so hard when people hold back…”

“You know, I only wish we knew how Barbra really feels about all of this. [Laughter] It's so hard when people hold back like that. [Laughter] Thank you. And thank you, Bob and Carole, for opening your beautiful home and leaving it open day after day after day--[laughter]-- while I carried on at the Wye River. Thank you, Carole, for that wonderful set of songs. We were sitting there singing those songs with you, and I said, ``You know, every time Carole King opens her mouth, you can make 30 years of my life vanish.'' [Laughter] I am glad to be here with Senator Boxer and Stu and Doug and Nicole and Tony and my nephew, Zach. Hillary is very jealous of me being here tonight. I talked to her just before I came out. This is the third talk I've made, and I've started with the same story, but it's true, so I'm going to say it again. A true story you can tell more than once. [Laughter] So I want to tell another true story. Every time I give a talk, my staff prepares a little card like this. At the top it says, ``Barbra Streisand, Carole King, Bob Daly, Carole Bayer Sager.'' And it has little notes: ``I'm glad to be here to support Senator Barbara Boxer for the Senate.'' [Laughter] And it says why I'm for her here. [Laughter] Barbara says the list is way too short. [Laughter] And then before I do it, I make out little notes like this in my handwriting. And at my age, in dilapidated condition, I can't read it anyway, so I have no idea what I said.…”