Gingrich: Obama Convention Bounce 'Is 80% Bill Clinton' Former Speaker Newt Gingrich Sunday on CNN's State of The Union: “I actually thought parts of the Clinton speech were eerily anti-Obama,” I mean, here’s Clinton saying, ‘I reformed welfare because I worked with Republicans, you didn’t, Mr. Obama.’ Think about it. ‘I had the longest period of economic growth in history, you didn’t, Mr. Obama. I got to four balanced budgets by working with Republicans, you didn’t, Mr. Obama.’” “You can take his speech, spin it not very much, and it’s actually a condemnation of the fact that Obama learned nothing — and Bob Woodward’s new book indicates he learned nothing — out of the 2010 election" “Clinton is a very popular figure for a very practical reason: the economy worked, You know, you look back on that and you think — I think what it actually does is it shrinks Obama. I mean, you have a real president and then you have this guy who’s a pretender.”