>> is it going to be a very strong speech. pro-growth democrat. reminding everybody in the democrat days we had a balanced budget and surplus. >> reporter: the election cycle has seen the superstar fundraiser, surrogateer and kibitzer in chief go off message on the bush era tax cut and romney's tenure at bain capital. >> a man who has been governor and sterling business career cross the qualification threshold. >> what it means they will have to put everything off until early next year. that is probably the best thing to do right now. >> tonight the former president will praise mr. obama decision-make progresses we as he has in the campaign ads focus on the killing of usama bin laden. >> i thought to myself i hope that's the kale would have made. >> an on the economy. >> president obama has a plan to rebuild america from the ground up. that is what happened when i was president. >> the relationship hit bottom in the 2008 democratic primary