Clinton: GOP extremists divided country - Politics - MSNBC.com: "DES MOINES, Iowa - Former President Bill Clinton told Iowa’s Democratic Party faithful on Saturday that the actions of “an extreme sliver” of the Republican Party have backfired and “profoundly divided” the country.
“We’ve got a big responsibility. Forget about 2008. Forget about the politics. Just go out and find somebody and look them dead in the eye and say You know, this is not right’...This is America,” Clinton said. “We can do better and this year, it’s a job that Democrats have to do alone.”
More than 3,500 Iowa Democrats paid $100 each to attend the fund-raising banquet that kicked off with Clinton’s speech. About 50 people paid $10,000 per couple to attend a private reception with Clinton beforehand."