you want me, you need me

Bill Clinton's bare-minimum statement of support has got people wondering what Obama will have to do heal that particular rift (more than Hillary, it is thought that Bill is taking things personally). But this, from Chuck Todd, suggests that Obama may soon be at the mercy of the great seducer's charms, whether he likes it or not:

Bill's just not there yet. That said, one Bill confidante recently said to us that the former president still loves to heal rifts, that he thrives on it, and that at some point he'll go on his own Obama charm offensive so that suddenly the Democratic nominee finds himself so smitten that he begins begging 42 to start campaigning for him.