CNN’s Borger: Robert Gates Should Have Waited for Obama to Leave Office

Gloria Borger Slams Gates: ‘He Should’ve Waited’ for Obama to Leave Office Before Publishing Book (Mediaite)

CNN’s Chief Political Analyst Gloria Borger took a swipe at former Defense Sec. Robert Gates on Wednesday in reaction to the many ways in which he was critical of President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Vice President Joe Biden in his forthcoming memoir. Borger said that it would have been better form for Gates to have waited until Obama left office to publish a critical memoir.

“Oh my God,” CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer exclaimed while reading a quote from Gates’ book in which the former defense secretary strongly criticizes Biden.

Borger conceded that Gates’ criticisms of Biden are “a blow” to Biden. However, the vice president’s political party’s antipathy toward military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, Borger said, will mute these revelations’ impact on Biden’s political prospects.