“He is undoubtedly the smartest man I’ve ever met. He is a thinker. He has great vision. The question to me is, does he have the capability to lead the country? And having served under him in the House, he’s probably not one that I would choose to support in a presidential primary. . . . We need somebody that’s soft and wide-eyed open and is stable and learned and is going to consistently bring us together rather than alienate us.”