publicly held bill clinton out as the shining example of a democrat. the praise just kept on coming. >> president clinton, remember he said the era of big government was over, president obama brought it back with a vengeance, president clinton made efforts to reform welfare as we know it. president obama's trying to tirelessly expand the welfare state. >> who knew bill clinton was a republican's democrat. but mr. romney's real strategy was to drive a personal wedge between president clinton and president obama. >> president obama tucked away the clinton doctrine in his large drawer of discarded ideas. it's enough to make you wonder it was a personal beef with the clintons, but it runs much deeper than that. >> personal beef with the clintons, where does he come up with this stuff? make no mistake about it, they've had a complex relationship over the years. president clinton is going to bat for president obama in a big