Bill Clinton: “No. I think the age of his ideas should be an issue. I think that people should evaluate which one of us can best lead…”

“No. I think the age of his ideas should be an issue. I think that people should evaluate which one of us can best lead them to the future. But there is no evidence that he is not in good health. There is no evidence that he was not able to physically discharge the duties of the Senate majority leader. He was in the Congress for 35 years. There was never any evidence--he had one health problem, and by all accounts he seems, thankfully, to have completely rebounded from it. I think he would have to govern in a different way, perhaps, than I do. But you can be an effective President without putting in the hours I do. You don't have to do it exactly the way I do. And he wouldn't have, probably, the same agenda I would; it might not require that kind of time. But I think--I have no evidence that he could not serve effectively. I want to run on the differences in our ideas and our records, not on his age. Ms. Shipman. Mr. President, how do you assess Bob Dole as a politician? Imagine yourself for a moment a political strategist working for Bob Dole's opponent; how would you assess his strengths and weaknesses as a politician?”