Bill Clinton: “Well, I don't think so. We're having some problems over the tobacco issue, but keep in mind--because of the stuff that's…”

“Well, I don't think so. We're having some problems over the tobacco issue, but keep in mind--because of the stuff that's coming out of the House, which I don't really know how to assess--but keep in mind, we have a bill slated to go to the floor of the Senate that passed, I believe, 19 to 1. And therefore, the Senate is moving forward. Look at the funding for the International Monetary Fund, which is very critical to our long-term economic stability. It passed the Senate 86 to 14, total bipartisan support. So--they're voting on NATO today; I expect it to be a bipartisan vote. And they'll be--and by the way, the opposition will be bipartisan, too. So I don't think a few days of high-level static in the House of Representatives, which may have more to do with their affairs than with the rest of us--I don't pretend to understand it all-- I don't think that should make us believe the era of bipartisan Government is over. If they--if the American people will send them a clear signal and they conclude it's in their interest to work with me and work with the Republicans and the Democrats in the Senate and all of us that are working together to do it, then I think that's what will happen. It's a question of what they conclude is in their interest. And I don't understand it entirely, but I'm going to keep working to get it done.”