that's been hard for the white house to do because you can't blame it on the other side, right? you have to be able to say what you're doing, not what the other side is not letting you do. he made a very strong case which is what, perhaps, the white house has not been able to do about why he needs four more years to carry on doing what he has started doing. as john said, he did it with the numbers but he also did it by going after republicans in a way that the white house felt comfortable with. >> i felt like clinton -- >> four more years! >> i don't know how these people feel about the speech. >> is it more about obama? if we talk about how president obama talks do and about the republicans versus how bill clinton talked about the republicans, i want to play a little bit of sound last night. he has a way of addressing and taking down the party that is masterful. and it's pointed, but it's incredibly subtle at the same time. let's take a listen to bill clinton talking about the gop. >> looked like an acceptable, reasonable, moderate alternative to president obama, they just