Imagine a Republican President, any Republican President making that statement.
Really no Jews have been close to occupying the Oval Office. Monica spent as much time there as anyone. But if I had to think of Jews who had a long shot chance, have to think of Joe Lieberman and, though not Jewish, Barry Goldwater who had great affection for the Jewish community. Perhaps Judah Benjamin, but he turned down the vice Presidency as a powerless position preferring State. And I guess that was a different country