Clinton on 2016 GOP Field: ‘They’re No Dummies’

On State of the Union Sunday morning, former President Bill Clinton told new host Jake Tapper that the 2016 GOP field, currently large enough to field a Major League baseball team, boasted diversity of talent but would struggle to narrow down an electable choice.

“They’re impressive,” he said. “They’ve got a lot of youth, they’ve got a lot of energy, they’ve got some significant diversity and they’re no dummies.”

But Clinton added that the sheer number would be confusing to primary voters who wanted an electable candidate to complement the advantage the tea party had gained in the House of Representatives.

“I sympathize with the question of how the primary voters are going to decide who to vote for,” Clinton said. “I predict that at some point during this process, whatever they’re debating and whatever the stories are, there will be a move by people who think they can influence the process to settle on the one that’s most electable…It may be harder this year than before to figure out who’s the most electable candidate.”

Watch the clip below, via CNN:

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