Play of the Day: Clinton's Magic play - Yahoo! News

Play of the Day: Clinton's Magic play - Yahoo! News: "Play of the Day: Clinton's Magic play" DAVENPORT, Iowa - Magic Johnson doesn't trust rookies to win a basketball game, much less lead the nation. "You don't want somebody in there that is young or a rookie at politics," Johnson said Tuesday at a raucous rally in support of presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. "We want somebody in there that knows what they're doing because this job is so huge." Johnson, a former star with the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, joined with former President Clinton to promote the New York senator's campaign. Implicit in Johnson's comments was the suggestion that Hillary Clinton had more experience than her rivals Barack Obama, who has served in the U.S. Senate since January 2005 and John Edwards, who spent one term as a senator. Speaking in a packed high school gymnasium, Johnson kept up the comparisons between basketball and politics. "The more I practiced the better I became," said Johnson, who won five NBA championships with the Lakers. "That's why I support Senator Clinton, because she is the only one with 30 years of experience." Johnson said he has been good friends with the Clintons since they were in the White House and gave him advice on how to bring economic development — such as stores and movie theaters — to impoverished neighborhoods across the country. He said that's a big reason he has endorsed the senator. "When I looked at her track record ... she has done an amazing job," he said of the former first lady, calling her "a woman of action and not just words." Johnson also has started a national chain of home-loan centers and advocated for HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness. Sharing the stage with Johnson, Bill Clinton called his wife the best presidential candidate he has met. He acknowledged that other Democrats have offered plans for solving the country's problems, but he said they haven't delivered on their promises. "There's a great deal of difference between a good vision and a good plan and being able to change your lives," he said. "She's the best at that." Compiled by James Beltran in Davenport, Iowa