Bill Clinton: Republican party controlled by most extreme members

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Source: NBC

Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday painted Republicans as a party controlled by its most extreme members, unwilling to compromise and too conservative for former GOP leaders like Richard Nixon and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

"Teddy Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower – Richard Nixon’s too liberal for these people. It’s amazing," Clinton told the 2,000 people packed into a hotel ballroom here. He said the most right-wing members of the GOP control the party's nominations and "political operations."

Clinton has spent the past two days campaigning for President Barack Obama in Florida. The tour comes a week after he delivered a well-received speech at the Democratic National Convention in which he laid out the case for the president's re-election.

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"The American people have to believe me on this; I have traveled all over the world, not just when I was president, but since I left,” Clinton said. “I work everywhere. I'm telling you what works; what works is cooperation. What fails is constant conflict. You've got to vote for cooperation."

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[enzinarticle]

1. Bill Clinton

interesting

[DJ13]

2. I would rather have conflict

.....than continuing to move our party further right just to cut deals with the GOP.

[msongs]

8. it's campaign mode, that crap won't happen til after the election if obama wins and if obama loses

repubs will never negotiate, having learned that they don't have to

[madrchsod]

3. he is correct..even tricky dick is to liberal...

[harun]

4. Bill Clinton is to the Right of those guys, just say'n.

[Cleita]

5. He's only saying what we at DU have known for year. n/t

[BeyondGeography]

6. This is so boring compared with the imaginary Clinton-Obama conflict stories

[BootinUp]

7. Seems like we are finally coming full circle...nt

[onehandle]

9. Go Big Dog! nt