President Obama said Sunday that Hillary Clinton, his former secretary of State, would make "a great president" if she decided to make another bid for the White House in 2016. Obama said on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos that he would be willing to help the next Democratic nominee but suggested he would not do much campaigning, stepping back as George W. Bush did in John McCain's 2008 campaign. Obama likened himself to a dinged up "used car," saying Americans are going to want "that new car smell." Read more at The Christian Science Monitor.
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