Former President Bill Clinton is seeking to set the record straight on the nice things he said about Mitt Romney's "sterling" business career.
"I said, you know, Governor Romney had a good career in business and he was a governor, so he crosses the qualification threshold for him being president," Clinton said Friday in New Jersey.
"But," Clinton added, "he shouldn't be elected, because he is wrong on the economy and all these other issues.
Clinton's comments Thursday on CNN -- including Clinton's suggestion that the Obama campaign back off attacks on Romney's private equity career -- were trumpeted by Republicans as a near-endorsement of the Republican candidate.
The nation's 42nd president expressed frustration with the coverage of his comments.
"Because I didn't attack (Romney) personally, and bash him, I wake up to read all these stories taking it out of context as if I had virtually endorsed him," Clinton said. "Which means the Tea Party has already won their first great victory: 'We are supposed to hate each to disagree.' That is wrong."
It should be noted: Clinton predicted Obama would beat Romney by "5 or 6 points" in November.
Still, we can't help but wonder if the two Democratic presidents are on the same page this political career.
Clinton's clarifying comments came at event in a New Jersey congressional primary in which he and Obama appear to be on different sides, as reported by USA TODAY's Susan Davis.
Clinton spoke Friday on behalf of Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., who is running in a re-drawn district against fellow incumbent Steve Rothman -- who had met hours earlier at the White House with Obama.
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