since his home run convention speech last month clinton has become the obama campaign s most effective surrogate, even president obama suggests he might be best employed as the secretary of explaining stuff. so as election day approaches how closely will obama takes its cues from the clinton playbook. joining us now from chicago is national press secretary for the obama campaign, ben the thunder labolt. ben, it s great to see you. thanks for having me, alex. ben, let s talk about the secretary of explaining stuff. a lot of discussion about the president, we ve been hearing remores that the obama campaign is trying to make sure as he doesn t come across as too long winded, professorial. bill clinton a master of the form. what is the biggest lesson the president has learned from bill clinton s performance at the dnc? i think ultimately what president clinton did was crystallize the economic argument and economic choice before us, because we built the economy from the middle class o