Monday at the National Governors Association meeting, Gov. Peter Shumlin (D-VT) praised the “brilliant” President Barack Obama.

Shumlin  said, “I’m always amazed to be in the sessions where you spend a lot of time with us and your next answer is more brilliant than the last. Thank you so much.”

Obama laughed as he replied, “He is a Democrat, isn’t he?”

Shumlin added, “A Republican just said that to me.”

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