President Barack Obama joins former President Bill Clinton (right) onstage after Clinton nominated Obama for re-election during the second session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, September 5, 2012. [REUTERS/Jason Reed] FULL COVERAGE: The 2012 Democratic National Convention
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President Barack Obama joins former President Bill Clinton (right) onstage after Clinton nominated Obama for re-election during the second session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, September 5, 2012. [REUTERS/Jason Reed]

FULL COVERAGE: The 2012 Democratic National Convention

A delegate poses with her hat prior to the second session of Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, September 5, 2012. [REUTERS/Jim Young]  LIVE COVERAGE: The 2012 Democratic National Convention (Day 2)
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A delegate poses with her hat prior to the second session of Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, September 5, 2012. [REUTERS/Jim Young] 

LIVE COVERAGE: The 2012 Democratic National Convention (Day 2)

President Barack Obama enlisted Bill Clinton to campaign alongside him in New York on Monday, tapping the popular ex-president’s star power to rake in cash for his re-election bid from Wall Street investors and show-business elite. The two men teamed up for the first time since Clinton put Obama’s campaign on the defensive last week when he became the most prominent Democrat to disavow attacks on Republican challenger Mitt Romney’s record as a private equity executive. But there was no sign of discord as Obama and Clinton put on a show of unity for a night of fundraising that included a reception with big-money donors, a gala at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, and a star-studded “Barack on Broadway” concert. The events raised more than $3.5 million. READ MORE: Obama, Clinton court New York elite to raise millions
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President Barack Obama enlisted Bill Clinton to campaign alongside him in New York on Monday, tapping the popular ex-president’s star power to rake in cash for his re-election bid from Wall Street investors and show-business elite.

The two men teamed up for the first time since Clinton put Obama’s campaign on the defensive last week when he became the most prominent Democrat to disavow attacks on Republican challenger Mitt Romney’s record as a private equity executive.

But there was no sign of discord as Obama and Clinton put on a show of unity for a night of fundraising that included a reception with big-money donors, a gala at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, and a star-studded “Barack on Broadway” concert.

The events raised more than $3.5 million.

READ MORE: Obama, Clinton court New York elite to raise millions

With someone like Newt Gingrich, it’s a different kettle of fish. Because as a private citizen he was for certain important health-care reforms and believed in climate change and believed there had to be a strong reaction to it. And now he’s just like Romney. Neither one of them can say what they believe to be true and get nominated. Romney’s still trying to figure out what he did as governor of Massachusetts and still appeal to this driving vituperative energy.
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