with the clintons, but probably that runs much deeper than that. >> so president clinton not taking that one lying down, he responded to mitt romney yesterday, look at this. >> a moderate republican friend of mine in new york, who is going to vote for romney, by the way, said, gosh, you know, he said that guy they ought to give him a promotion, he told the truth. >> why does the romney camp think it's a good idea, smart politics to bring up bill clinton's name, unlike reagan, bill clinton is here to respond, he can fire back? >> i actually don't know. i think pandering to bill clinton, someone who is popular with a lot of different demographics, but what it does is it just validates bill clinton and gives him credibility so when bill clinton criticizes mitt romney, it makes those criticisms all the more effective. and also, i mean, look, the base of the republican party loathes bill clinton. and this is the party that impeached him. so i just think with mitt romney's kind of peak standing