Still in HP:

As a matter of fact, we were in Gastonia, [N.C.] in the back of a pickup truck yesterday or the day before, and a train came rumbling by while she was speaking and that locomotive gave out of steam before she did. That’s the kind of leader she’ll be!”

In Mooresville:

Touting Clinton’s experience, Easley said “she’s been around the track on more than one occasion. And she might have gotten loose from time to time but she never spun out and lost control”

“If you want to win the race, you put somebody in the car that knows how to drive, and they get it done,” he said.

Easley also said on Wolf Blitzer’s show:

Asked whether he feared the nomination battle would rage on until the convention, Easley added, “If it goes all the way to Denver, I don’t think it would be bad for the party. I don’t think it would be bad for the country.”