“I could sign…justify one”: Clinton, My Life, p. 65.
“Governor Bill…Rodham”: Clinton, Living History, p. 92.
“It showed…me”: Ibid., p. 91.
“She still…aura”: Author’s interview with Jim Blair.
“Baby”: Sheehy, Hillary’s Choice, p. 134.
“You have to look…accomplish”: Maraniss, First in His Class, p. 381.
“Well shit, General…fault?”: Ibid., p. 378.
“You’re fucking me”: Ibid., p. 79.
“might actually lose”: Clinton, Living History, p. 90.
“she believed very much…of stuff”: Author’s interview with Dick Morris.
“more creative and realistic”: Maraniss, First in His Class, p. 382.
“We were brought up…system”: Ibid.
“devastated”: Clinton, Living History, p. 90.
“Bill’s eyes were…seen them”: Hubbell, Friends in High Places, p. 87.
“From then on…demanded it”: Ibid., p. 86.
“He was half-laughing…Bowling”: Dumas, The Clintons of Arkansas.
“He couldn’t face…life”: Author’s interview with Deborah Sale.
“She basically…path in life”: Ibid.
“People said…the time”: Ibid.
“They now have…nothing”: Author’s interview with Ann Henry.
“a trainer to…the track”: Maraniss, First in His Class, p. 391.
“It was like…jubilation”: Author’s interview with Betsey Wright.
“the Valkyries”: Maraniss, First in His Class, p. 427.
Hillary and Bill combed…her garage: Clinton, Living History, p. 91.
“the lobby of…designs”: Morris, Rewriting History, p. 48.
“the only track…darkness”: Maraniss, First in His Class, p. 390.
“Hillary had…Lord”: Brock, The Seduction of Hillary Rodham, p. 147.
“Bill obsessed on…for himself”: Author’s interview with Max Brantley.
“He really felt…something”: Author’s interview with Betsey Wright.
“The apolitical firm…into leaving”: Hubbell, Friends in High Places, p. 88.
“Vince was just born middle-aged”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 121.
“I was born…age forty”: Ibid., p. 121.
“I don’t think…lover”: Author’s interview with Webb Hubbell.
“He loved Hillary…business”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“I looked around…physical”: Author’s interview with Nancy Bekavac.
“Bill, they didn’t…get it”: Morris, Rewriting History, p. 81.
“My Daddy Never Had to…Twice”: Clinton, My Life, p. 295.
“Chelsea’s second birthday…chance”: Ibid.'
“She was out…something”: Author’s interview with Woody Bassett.
“would sacrifice some of…expediency”: Author’s interview with Jim Blair.
“We had a long…her husband”: Hubbell, Friends in High Places, p. 103.
“I don’t have to change…Clinton”: Michael Kelly, “Again: It’s Hillary Rodham Clinton. Got That?,” New York Times, February 14, 1993, p. 33.
“I teared up…throat”: Brock, The Seduction of Hillary Rodham, p. 152.
“She understood that…anymore’”: Bruck, “Hillary the Pol.”
“the inner qualities of people”: Clinton, Living History, p. 91.
“really taking his…this over”: Author’s interview with Dick Morris.
“she jumped all…have it”: Brock, The Seduction of Hillary Rodham, p. 154.
“Frank White would probably…win”: Ibid.
“When you lead in…thicket”: Maraniss, First in His Class, p. 407.
“We [Hillary and…do it right”: Dumas, The Clintons of Arkansas, p. 103.
“This guarantees that…else”: Radcliffe, Hillary Rodham Clinton, p. 203.
“Well, fellas, it looks…Clinton!”: Sheehy, Hillary’s Choice, p. 153.
The Arkansas Department…twenty-six years: Brock, The Seduction of Hillary Rodham, p. 168.
“the real heart”: Ibid., p. 170.
“She made it…schoolteachers”: Ibid., p. 169.
“The first purpose…doesn’t”: Ibid., p. 161.
“a small price…deserves”: Maraniss, First in His Class, p. 413.
“walking through a…understand’”: Brock, The Seduction of Hillary Rodham, p. 171. 174 In Arkansas, a generation…and science: Maraniss, First in His Class, p. 456.
“thus far, the…encouragement”: Brock, The Seduction of Hillary Rodham, p. 174.
“whatever it might be”: Clinton, Living History, p. 97.
“Don’t commit…talk”: Author’s interview with Bernard Nussbaum.'
“Hillary, I know…early?”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 240.
“The rumors about Bill…face”: Hubbell, Friends in High Places, p. 136.
“What was at…would be”: David Broder, “The Press After the Stakeout: Questions of Policy, Record—and Character—Need to Be Better Explored,” Washington Post, May 12, 1987, p. 19.
“infidelity issue…tread”: Maraniss, First in His Class, p. 440.
“He was using Hart’s withdrawal…all about”: Author’s interview with Max Brantley.
“Hillary had long ago…with them”: Author’s interview with Betsey Wright.
“huge schisms”: Ibid.
“when Hillary did really drastic things”: Ibid.
“I just thought…issue”: Ibid.'
“all of the women…often”: Ibid.
“This was a…know about”: Ibid.
Mickey Kantor…the same”: Maraniss, First in His Class, p. 441.
“If people had…right”: Sheehy, Hillary’s Choice, p. 177.
“I need some…father was”: Clinton, My Life, p. 334.
“Finally I felt…ambitions”: Ibid., p. 335.
“there was an…fooling around”: Author’s interview with Betsey Wright.
“The Numb and the Restless”: Tom Shales, “The Numb and the Restless,” Washington Post, July 21, 1988, p. 1.
“overburdened”: Author’s interview with Betsey Wright.
Hillary, pinned in…Give it”: Ibid; Maraniss, First in His Class.
“She was going…and bars”: Author’s interview with Betsey Wright.
In the immediate…lobby”: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, July 1988; Clinton, My Life, p. 342–3.
“I succeeded beyond…imagination”: Ibid.
“No marriage…experience”: Glamour magazine, cited in Brock, The Seduction of Hillary Rodham, p. 233.
“having a severe midlife crisis”: Maraniss, First in His Class, p. 450.
“Bill, you’re crazy…about it”: Author’s interview with Betsey Wright.
“he was playing…affair”: Ibid.
“I was switching…I talked…was different”: Ibid.
“He would wait me out”: Clinton, Living History, p. 61.
“And that he…with Hillary”: Author’s interview with Betsey Wright.
“explained why I…leaving”: Ibid.
“I said, ‘Nancy…yours again’”: Ibid.
“in trying to calm…depressed”: Ibid.
“business dynamics…problem”: Ibid.
“because she kept…family”: Ibid.
“I was perfectly…for me”: Ibid.
“I don’t think he’s…common”: Author’s interview with Dick Morris.
“We were doing…to me”: Author’s interview with Diane Blair.
He continued to surreptitiously…Jenkins: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“dithering and depressed”: Maraniss, First in His Class, p. 452.
“I just don’t…Yeah”: Author’s interview with Jim Blair.
“negotiation…Senate”: Author’s interview with Betsey Wright.
“The conclusion that…identity”: Author’s interview with Dick Morris.
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Chapter 5: The Prize
“That’s one where…amazing”: Bruck, “Hillary the Pol.” 193 “I think you…arguments”: Bob Woodward, The Agenda (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994), p. 17.
“The sudden movement…excuse be?”: Peter Goldman, Thomas M. DeFrank et al., Quest for the Presidency 1992 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1994), p. 31.
“Propeller-Head”: Ibid., p. 44.
“All of you are…concerned”: Ibid.
“Like nearly anybody…or not”: Maraniss, First in His Class, p. 461.
“Mr. Clinton received…emphatically”: Godfrey Sperling, “Don’t Underestimate Hillary,” Christian Science Monitor, July 1, 2003, p. 9.
“God, I hope they…into”: Maraniss, First in His Class, p. 463.
“This campaign is…effective?”: Diane Blair, interviews conducted for unpublished book. Copyright, the Diane Blair Trust.
“Probably Hillary…creative”: Ibid.
“Cut the crap, Governor”: Clinton, My Life, p. 368.
“One of our problems…Watergate”: Roger Morris, Partners in Power (Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 1996), p. 203.
“I think that Hillary…to do”: Diane Blair, interviews conducted for unpublished book. Copyright, the Diane Blair Trust.
“She doesn’t look…battle”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“From my perspective…together?” Goldman, DeFrank et al., Quest for the Presidency 1992, p. 90.
“If we don’t…down”: Ibid., p. 96.
“just go for it…backs”: Ibid., p. 95.
Now that strategy…as a politician: Goldman, DeFrank et al., Quest for the Presidency.
“It took a lot…Chelsea”: Clinton, Living History, p. 106.
“She steeled herself…for that”: Author’s interview with Robert Reich.
“He beckoned the producer…his face”: Theodore H. White, The Making of the President (New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, 1961), p. 351.
“If the wife comes…wimp”: Martha Sherrill, “The Retooling of the Political Wife: Her Final Test: How to Handle Scandal,” Washington Post, January 13, 1993, p. 1.
“Intellect in a woman is unbecoming”: Clinton, Living History, p. 106.
“You know, I’m…for him”: Hillary Clinton, Interview, 60 Minutes. 202 “I didn’t mean to…about that”: David Zimmerman, “Wynette Wants Clinton Apology,” USA Today, January 29, 1992, p. 2.
“She seemed like…sorry”: David Zimmerman, “Wynette Gets Clinton’s Apology,” USA Today, January 30, 1992, p. 2.
“The undercurrent…ambition”: George Stephanopoulos, All Too Human (New York: Little, Brown, 1999), p. 92.
“I came in…term”: Author’s interview with Stan Greenberg.
“How aggressive to…fighter”: Ibid.
“was listening”: Ibid.
“It was very…what occurred”: Ibid.
“I don’t mean…destiny”: Ibid.
“Her attitude was…analysis”: Ibid.
“You know, sometimes…with them”: Ibid.
“The minute you hear…sentence”: Stephanopoulos, All Too Human, p. 93.
“I think he’s…business”: Goldman, DeFrank et al., Quest for the Presidency 1992, p. 194.
“Let me tell you…my wife”: Ibid.
“I’m saying I never…Never”: Ibid., p. 195.
“Sure. Ask her anything you want”: Ibid., p. 196.
“I suppose I could…change”: Dan Balz and Edward Walsh, “Clinton’s Wife Finds She’s Become Issue: Arkansas Lawyer Denies Impropriety but Vows to Rethink Her Role,” Washington Post, March 17, 1992. p. 1.
“Hillary problem…disease”: William Safire, “The Hillary Problem,” New York Times, March 26, 1992, p. 23.
“were inundated with calls…got worried”: Diane Blair, interviews conducted for unpublished book. Copyright, the Diane Blair Trust.
“The Lady Macbeth of Arkansas”: Sherrill, “The Retooling of the Political Wife,” p. 1.
“Yuppie Wife from Hell”: Ibid.
“Bill Clinton Love Tapes”: Ibid.
“Gennifer & Bill…Apartment”: Ibid.
“Hillary Clinton…in a tank”: Ibid.
“for herself…power”: Felicity Barringer, “The President-Elect’s Wife; Hillary
Clinton’s New Role; The Job Description Is Open,” New York Times, November 16, 1992, p. 1.
“More than Nancy…American people”: Goldman, DeFrank et al., Quest for the Presidency 1992, p. 662.
“a softer, natural…look”: Howard Kurtz, “Portraits of a First Lady: Media Strive to Define Hillary Clinton,” Washington Post, November 21, 1992, p. 1.
“zipped her lip”: Ibid.
“allowing handlers to…own”: Margaret Carlson Washington, “A Different Kind of First Lady,” Time, November 16, 1992.
“‘Elect me and…feminism”: Patrick Buchanan, Speech, Republican National Convention, August 17, 1992.
“It was hard…things around”: Diane Blair, interviews conducted for unpublished book. Copyright, the Diane Blair Trust.
Chapter 6: A Transitional Woman
“something dirty…gloves”: Maraniss, First in His Class, p. 385.
“I said it’s…fire her”: Author’s interview with Dick Morris.
“but the better…out well’”: Ibid.
“would talk about…upside down”: Author’s interview with Ernie Dumas.
“He talks to her…constructively”: Author’s interview with Deborah Sale.
“They don’t do…passionately”: Radcliffe, Hillary Rodham Clinton, p. 229.
“looks like America”: Cathleen Decker and Sam Fulwood III, “Clinton Courts Voters—Like a True Democrat,” Los Angeles Times, July 2, 1992, p. 15.
“I will give you a…. Asian-Americans”: Ibid.
“I would be…ever seen”: Karen Ball, “Clinton Knows His Message Isn’t Getting Out,” Associated Press, May 22, 1992.
“If you really…. politics”: Author’s interview with Robert Reich.
“He didn’t…circumstances”: Author’s interview with Deborah Sale.
“Economics and trade…to go”: Ibid.
“made most of her big mistakes”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“overrating the win”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“This is victory…seize it”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“I mean, that…pretty deep”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“It’s as if…grade class”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“Mostly, [these] people…crazy”: Author’s interview with Donna Shalala.
“I suspect that there…with her”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
Jordan—handsome…president’s: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“I don’t know that…any walls”: Maureen Dowd, “The New Presidency: Boxes Bulging with Decades of Clinton’s Life Await Journey into History,” New York Times, January 14, 1993, p. 11.
“I told Susan that…president-elect”: Author’s interview with Roy Neel.
“a cabinet that…America”: Decker and Fulwood, “Clinton Courts Voters,” p. 15.
“She advised me…years”: Gwen Ifill, “Clinton Wants Wife at Cabinet Table,” New York Times, December 19, 1992, p. 8.
“I’m not prepared…long”: Richard L. Berke, “The Other Clinton Helps Shape the Administration,” New York Times, December 14, 1992, p. 6.
“She knows more…us do”: Ifill, “Clinton Wants Wife at Cabinet Table,” p. 8.
“They assume that…path”: Author’s interview with Donna Shalala.
“had always been…their way”: Ibid.
“That was the…its face.’”: Ibid.
But more than Bill…campaign”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“I spent so…. culture”: Clinton, My Life, p. 467.
“Washington is largely…. untruths”: Leslie H. Gelb, “Foreign Affairs, Untruths…,” New York Times, October 27, 1991, p. 15.
“The concept of service has little…chase”: Sidney Blumenthal, cited in Roll Call, August 16, 1993.
She asked if…”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 237.
“I’m looking for you…trouble”: Bob Woodward, Shadow (New York: Touchstone, 1999), p. 228.
“He’s a great guy”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 242.
“We’ll build a firm”: Ibid., p. 241.
“What’s the worst…true”: Ibid.
“the last woman standing”: Ruth Marcus and Michael Isikoff, “Clinton Withdraws Baird’s Justice Nomination,” Washington Post, January 22, 1993.
Chapter 7: Inauguration
“You and Mrs. Clinton…children”: Laurie Asseo, “Stars Toast Clinton at Gala Drenched in Music and Laughter,” Associated Press, January 20, 1993.
“remembering Kennedy Inaugural…. East Room”: Author’s personal notes.
Meanwhile, Jack Nicholson…the World”: Time, February 1, 1993; author’s notes from the event.
“made a mistake…. better”: David Lauter, “Clinton’s In-Laws Drop Corporate Party Plans,” Los Angeles Times, January 15, 1993, p. 24.
“the Monsters”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“We’re now dealing…appear”: Lauter, “Clinton’s In-Laws Drop Corporate Party Plans,” p. 24.
“They didn’t think…stopped”: Charles R. Babcock and Michael Weisskopf, “Change of Party, Same Game: Fund-Raising Keeps Its Prominence,” Washington Post, January 15, 1993, p. 1.
“labor of love”: Lois Romano, “The Reliable Source,” Washington Post, January 20, 1993, p. 3.
“a contribution to…efforts”: Ibid.
“There had been…to wear”: Cathy Horyn, “First Lady Says She’ll Pay for Clothes,” Washington Post, January 21, 1993, p. 12.
“We must care…of Carter”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“was the most…lifetime”: Nell Henderson, “Clinton Leads Nation in Paying Homage to King,” Washington Post, January 19, 1993, p. 1.
“Welcome to your new house”: Ann Devroy and Ruth Marcus, “Clinton Takes Oath as 42nd President Asking Sacrifice, Promising Renewal: ‘Era of Deadlock and Drift Is Over,’” Washington Post, January 21, 1993, p. 1.
“Good to see…luck”: Ibid.
“Avoid this crowd…That’s right…already”: Sheehy, Hillary’s Choice, p. 222.