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The Hill Report: Bill Clinton Undermining President Obama?

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    New questions concerning Bill Clinton's positions on tax increases

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-- and it's time now for the -- report and for that we go to be managing editor of the hill Bob Cusack are joining us live from the DC bureau thank you for being with us is always Bob.

Good morning -- -- -- you good thanks and I hope -- well as well.

Some of the articles on the hill today one of them is interesting Bill Clinton's -- what is bill -- Clinton up playing acts.

And in that article on the hill it says that in some ways He seems to be -- maybe.

Maybe -- -- a threat enemy of -- President Obama is he's out there allegedly and supported him but in some ways according to this article.

Undercutting some of his messages.

Yeah that's right I mean -- Bill Clinton now loves the spotlight and he's really been.

Back in it recently is on the cover of Newsweek -- -- plan to fix the economy He has been talking about.

But how to deal with this unemployment problem he's also broken from the White House where He has said that.

He does not -- tax increases which this is a significant break from from this White House see how this former president.

At odds with the current president and of course we we all remember the intense battle between Hillary Clinton and and Barack Obama.

-- some people close to Bill Clinton say that's in the past He wants to get present Obama.

-- -- -- -- But you know -- Obama has a problem with his -- right now Bill Clinton is out there that now recently Bill Clinton and present a -- had a golf outing.

Be it just to see what they talked about they haven't said.

But it is -- receive his former president who worked with the Republican.

-- congress who battled Newt Gingrich so is similar position that that President Obama is in right now.

But there's no doubt about it the Bill Clinton is attracting a lot of headlines right now and you just have to think -- -- -- the White House just a little bit.

Yeah and as you say some of his message -- contradicts the President Obama his own message you mentioned to the tax cutting comment where Clinton set I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes until we get this economy off the ground at the time when of course Obama was trying to push for a tax increases and then there was.

Back during the whole budget battle where He said that He would invoke the fourteenth amendment.

Which people Democrats -- like somebody wants to do something where they felt that President Obama was kind of it may be too willing to compromise.

From the democratic stand -- point but also this article mentions.

That one of his strategist the well known and James Carville.

Made his comments saying that the White House should be -- right now they should be firing a lot of people.

And Clinton was asked about that on meet the press and He said.

I don't think we really need to fire anyone but I I know where James Carville was coming from -- know what He meant.

Is not not enough -- -- the announcement of what -- said.

Well certainly.

The Obama people would like to see some -- distance -- from that kind of you know James Carville is is an entertainer he's strategist -- And the Clinton people are certainly an offer their opinions on on this White House and we need you the approval ratings are extremely -- and a President Clinton.

He He loves.

Governing in and then a lot of people -- -- and say He misses it and clearly He does because you know.

When He passed similar things he's also been talking about recently is how He and the Republican led congress passed a balance -- budget agreement well.

That this president doesn't support a balanced budget amendment so that.

That's a bit of another break and now -- a lot of different versions of the balanced budget amendment and there are some versions of Democrats on capitol support but this is who mostly Republican talking point.

This is just I think going to be fascinating to see what kind of role.

President Clinton has on the campaign trail.

With President Obama or if the White House tries to minimize and in this is a problem -- Hillary Clinton had she didn't know.

How much -- -- have Bill Clinton with terror.

And then down the stretch Bill Clinton was actively engaged in some people said it was to the detriment -- coming guns and and self -- in some.

Controversies.

Regarding some racial comments that that He made and and and -- -- it does boil down from there and basically.

Hillary Clinton went from.

Dominating.

The vote among African Americans to losing it big time to present -- and that helped him win that close race in the primary so.

It'll be fascinating to see how -- how often they're playing golf.

Next year and and that's a very complicated relationship -- -- because in the book game change.

They said that Bill Clinton had actually had a tougher time getting over the loss to Barack Obama than Hillary Clinton did --

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