middle-class security, and unlike mitt romney, i m actually proud to talk about what s in it. because my plan actually will move america forward. in conjunction with this the campaign released a sunny one-minute spot reminiscent of reagan s morning in america. there s no quit in america. you re seeing that right now. 5 million new jobs. exports up 41%. home values rising. auto industry back. and our heros are coming home. we re not there yet, but we ve made real progress and the last thing we should do is turn back now. the ad will air in nine battleground states. joining us from chicago is national press secretary, for the obama campaign, ben the thunder labolt. ben, last night big night for the president. we could not help but notice that he kept bringing back, as
go tigers. okay. let s not talk baseball. let s not go there. show us your thank you to michael, steve, joy and hugo. that is all. i will see you with a show at noon eastern, 9:00 p.m., joined by richard wolffe, jonathan capehart, michael crowley, gop strategist phil musser, stew rosin burg and obama campaign s ben the thunder labolt. until then find us at facebook.com/now with alex. andrea mitchell reports is next. [ male announcer ] the first look.is only the beginning. introducing a stunning work of technology. introducing the entirely new lexus es. and the first ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection.
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