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Bill Clinton helping or hurting Obama campaign?

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President Obama's campaign coffers can take a lot more cash -- night.

Thanks to Bill Clinton but the former president has brought an unusual dynamic along with his support.

Chief White House correspondent Ed Henry looks at whether mr.

Clinton is helping or hurting President Obama.

There are 80000 more people -- in cars today than their work when Barack Obama became president.

Less than a week after Bill Clinton declared Mitt Romney has sterling business credentials he was fund raising with President Obama is saying the presumptive Republican nominee would be calamitous.

Back on message to a point.

With Republicans hitting President Obama for breaking a promise to balance the budget mr.

Clinton couldn't resist this.

Maria I'm the only got to get before surplus buttons on the -- -- that.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said Clinton was making the point he handed off a surplus.

When President Obama took office.

Handed.

The Oval Office by his predecessor.

Republican president we had the largest.

Deficits in history both sides are under pressure after the Congressional Budget Office today warned of fiscal crisis ahead.

Under one scenario if the government does nothing to stop seven trillion dollars in tax increases and spending cuts coming at the end of the year debt will fall.

Under a second possibly more likely scenario where tough choices are delayed.

Debt will reach almost twice the size of the entire economy by 2037.

Mr.

Clinton complimented the current president for turning the corner on the economic crisis quicker than expected -- things like five or ten years get over.

And if there's -- how they collapse along whether closer to ten years.

He's on schedule to beat that record while Republicans continue to charge the president is running a negative campaign and ducking tough choices -- -- -- -- I would want to brag about my record either.

I get a but I would run him that he is still president -- know the campaign is going wrong that Americans are looking for leadership.

Major news out of an interview mr.

Clinton did with CNBC he said the bush tax cuts for the -- should not be extended long term.

Because of the deficit but he said those tax cuts should be extended in the short term to help the economy.

That could undermine president Obama's position in upcoming negotiations with Republicans right.

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