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Barack Obama: “The only person who would probably be prepared to be president on day one would be Bill Clinton, not Hillary Clinton.”

On the recordJune 26, 2007
The only person who would probably be prepared to be president on day one would be Bill Clinton, not Hillary Clinton.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Barack Obama asserts that Bill Clinton is more prepared for the presidency than Hillary Clinton.

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