and that's definitely a guy you want out on the road supporting democrats. >> how comfortable is the white house with clinton's health. are they reluctant or acknowledging or welcoming? >> clearly, they're welcoming, you have house democrats that are upset that the current president isn't doing enough for them, they believe. at the same time, if bill clinton can come in and do events in various member districts whether it's fund-raising and i think that's, obviously, a good thing for democrats. the former president is always more popular in retrospect than he was when he was in office. it's actually a sort of a net positive and particularly with white, independent voters who the president and democrats and congress had been losing. this is an area where bill clinton and hillary clinton did very well in 2008 and the democratic primary. that's a particular target group and it's one that he can go in and hit hard. >> where would you see the president, the former president bill clinton being used most? >> i think you're going to see