“I’m thinking about just running those as advertisements. Without commentary; here you go.”

“I recommend you watch the recent debates,” Obama told a star-studded group of 90 donors at the Upper East Side home of HBO executive James Costos.

“I’m thinking about just running those as advertisements,” he said with a smile and slightly joking tone. “Without commentary; here you go.”…

Obama suggested that the ads would simply point out “this is what they said awhile back.”