Obama not giving "too much thought" to GOP rivals

New York, Aug.17 (ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama has candidly admitted that he has not given too much thought to his feelings on the GOP field.

"I haven't been giving it too much thought," CBS News quoted Obama, as saying in a Tuesday interview with CNN.

He said he would wait until the Republican Party had rallied around a candidate before expending much mental energy on the matter.

"I'll let them winnow it down a little bit. When they decide who they want their standard bearer to be then I'll be ready for them," Obama said of the Republicans.

Obama also dismissed criticism lobbed at him by Texas Governor Rick Perry that he wasn't fit to lead the nation's military because he had never served in it.

Obama said: "I think that everybody who runs for president, it probably takes them a little bit of time before they start realizing that this isn't like running for governor or running for Senate or running for Congress - and you've got to be a little more careful about what you say."

"I'll cut him some slack. He's only been at it for a few days now," Obama said.

When asked whether or not he agreed with former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney's recent comment that "corporations are people," Obama said: "Corporations serve an important benefit, but ultimately we've got to look at what's good for ordinary people." (ANI)