GOP controlled by its most extreme members, says Clinton

“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. …

“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.”