Obama: I'll work to get Democratic successor

President Obama says he'll do whatever is necessary to get a Democratic successor elected in 2016, even if it means taking a low-key role in the next election campaign.

"I think the American people, you know -- they're gonna want ... that new car smell," Obama told ABC's This Week. "They wanna drive somethin' off the lot that doesn't have as much mileage as me."

Obama held off commenting on the 2016 prospects of ex-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, telling ABC's George Stephanopoulos that she and "other possible Democratic candidates" have not yet announced.

Clinton was the only Democratic candidate Obama mentioned by name, calling her "an outstanding secretary of state" who would make "a great president."

ABC taped the interview with Obama on Friday, and broadcast it Sunday.

As for his own involvement in the 2016 campaign, Obama told ABC that he wants to spend his last two years in office "making this government work a little bit better for ordinary folks."

If he is successful, he said, "then not only will I be serving the American people well, I think I will be serving a potential successor well. You know ... They're probably not gonna be looking at me to campaign too much."