Bill Clinton: “I don't know. I did call a number of them. And I tried to--after Senator Boren and Senator Danforth announced their…”

“I don't know. I did call a number of them. And I tried to--after Senator Boren and Senator Danforth announced their little coalition--I don't mean little, I mean their coalition--I also reached out to some Republicans then. And I continue to reach out to some Republicans in the House. It's just rare in these first tough budget votes to get any votes from the other party. And I hope that this will never happen again. I hope that it won't ever happen again. But you have to understand, we're also trying to reverse 12 years of, basically, people being told the easy thing and letting the country just sort of slowly grind downhill. And we're trying to change it. And these changes are never easy. I never thought they'd be easy. I'm hopeful for tonight.”