Charlie Rose Talks to Dan Pfeiffer
The former Obama adviser discusses Hillary Clinton’s e-mail crisis, Iran, and the president’s remaining time in office
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How did you decide that now’s the time to leave?
I had been in a very intense work situation for a very long time. And we have these natural junctures. Every two years is sort of when people decide to rebel. I’d thought that after the midterms in 2014 would probably be my last chance to go. Right after the midterms, I thought we were in a really bad place. I felt I couldn’t leave. I didn’t want to leave at one of the low points of the presidency. Then we had these really great four, five months that helped the president regain his political standing, grab hold of the narrative. And I thought if I was going to leave, this was the time. But it was a really hard thing to do.