Come back, kid.

The best description of how Bill Clinton, the president who knew so much and accomplished too little, can capture an audience came from one observer who attended the Dems' fund-raiser in Bedford.

With his speech--"both in content and delivery"--Clinton had everyone eating out of the palm of his hand form the get-go, according to the admiring non-Clintonista, adding that "Clinton is the Mel Torme of speakers," with a "velvet fog" enveloping the room as he "smoothly and passionately spoke."

Added the observer: "It was obvious what was missing in the field of 2008 aspirants--someone who could talk like Bill Clinton."