“They think because…happen”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“Based on everything…But it…When there…Basically…And there…it?”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“At the time…Diet”: Hubbell, Friends in High Places, p. 232.
“carelessness about following the law”: Wall Street Journal, editorial, June 17, 1993.
“No doubt Mr. Foster…attention?”: Ibid.
“We suspect that…off”: Wall Street Journal, editorial, June 24, 1993.
“Why was notice…president?”: New York Times, editorial, July 11, 1993.
“I made mistakes…group”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 283.
“I’m sure…defeat”: Hubbell, Friends in High Places, p. 258.
“Vince had her heart…herself”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“He was completely out…her”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“The mores on…affair”: Wall Street Journal, editorial, July 19, 1993.
Foster declined…two days later: Clinton, My Life, p. 531.
“I can’t believe…Let’s hope…know?”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 29.
“I’m okay…home”: Hubbell, Friends in High Places, p. 25.
“Of a thousand…Vince”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“extraordinary sense of…family”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 298.
“As I tried to explain…happen”: Harris, The Survivor, p. 75.
“Webb, did you…with health care…have”: Hubbell, Friends in High Places, p. 254.
“was messed up”: Ibid.
“We shouldn’t have…It would’ve…asked”: Ibid.
“I know you’re being…I could…advice”: Ibid., p. 255.
“Hillary saw us…When are…Italian”: Ibid., p. 232.
“Hillary said that…before”: Ibid., p. 233.
“Hillary asked if…boxes”: Ibid., p. 234.
“Webb, you all…coming”: Ibid.
“‘Oh, I’m sorry’…‘So am I…Vince”: Clinton, Living History, p. 175.
“sulk”: Hubbell, Friends in High Places, p. 234.
“It was so…away”: Ibid.
“opened up some…lament”: Ibid.
“A Song for You…. mine”: Clinton, Living History, p. 177.
“I can’t deal…it”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 306.
“destroyed”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“I think she…that”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“She was so…there”: Author’s interview with David Gergen.
“that the actions…life”: Clinton, Living History, p. 173.
“automatic pilot”: Ibid., p. 178.
“private”: Ibid., p. 179.
“sheer willpower”: Ibid.
“She often weighed…evil”: Author’s interview with Dick Atkinson.
“pretty seriously off on the wrong track”: Richard Harwood, “Over the Heads of the Press,” Washington Post, August 16, 1993, p. 17.
“got the impression…I recall…Hillary was…She absorbed…They were…House”: Author’s interview with William Styron.
Chapter 14: Not a Crook, Not a Degenerate
“campaign story…work”: Author’s interview with Mark Fabiani.
“it was reasonable…Clintons”: Ibid.
“help conceal earlier…governor”: Jeff Gerth and Stephen Engelberg, “U.S. Investigating Clinton’s Links to Arkansas S&L,” New York Times, November 2, 1993, p. 20.
“From [the Clintons’…solidified it”: Author’s interview with Harold Ickes.
“He was this…him”: Author’s interview with Betsey Wright.
“He was working…Yes”: Author’s interview with Jim Blair.
“And at one…weren’t”: Author’s interview with Betsey Wright.
“It was a…this”: Ibid.
“Before this death…death”: NBC Nightly News, November 11, 1993.
“Whitewater became the…down”: Stephanopoulos, All Too Human, p. 245.
“The Post was…documents”: Ibid., p. 226.
“I don’t want…on”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 354.
“We can’t just…it”: Ibid., p. 353.
“They have managed…anything”: Author’s interview with Betsey Wright.
“I don’t have a…Hillary”: Stephanopoulos, All Too Human, p. 227.
“Saying her name…treated’”: Ibid.
“On this issue…veto”: Ibid.
“She would get…There was…saying”: Author’s interview with Dee Dee Myers.
“These are my…to”: Harris, The Survivor, p. 105.
“As you know…documentation”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 355.
“strong-armed”: David Brock, “Living with the Clintons: Bill’s Arkansas Bodyguards Tell the Story the Press Missed,” The American Spectator, January 1994.
“Hillary Watch”: Ibid.
“Basically I think…hotel”: Author’s interview with Betsey Wright.
“was on a…later”: Ibid.
“They were all…them”: Ibid.
“Bruce was not…answers”: Ibid.
“Bill had told…situation”: Ibid.
“very much alone”: Clinton, Living History, p. 208.
“I thought we…do”: Author’s interview with Mack McLarty.
“My first thoughts…much”: Clinton, Living History, p. 194.
“was deep in…days”: Gergen, Eyewitness to Power, p. 308.
“I cannot recall…that”: Ibid., p. 309.
It is a federal…weeks: For a fuller account, see Drew, On the Edge, p. 382.
“The allegations are…him”: Drew, On the Edge, p. 383.
“about the crafts…having”: Lois Romano, “The Reliable Source,” Washington Post, December 23, 1993.
“I find it…feelings”: “White House: Clinton Told Money Offered Troopers to Talk of Affairs,” Associated Press, December 21, 1993.
“smear artist…facts”: Frank Rich, “Journal: David Brock’s Women,” New York Times, January 6, 1994.
“I Was a Conservative Hit-Man”: David Brock, “Confessions of a Right-Wing Hit Man,” Esquire, July 1997.
“the most bizarre…administration”: Drew, On the Edge, p. 384.
“I think I’m going to throw up”: Ibid.
“Clinton Papers Lifted After Aide’s Suicide”: Jerry Seper, “Clinton Papers Lifted After Aide’s Suicide: Foster’s Office Was Secretly Searched Hours After His Body Was Found,” Washington Times, December 20, 1993.
“Foster’s office was…found”: Ibid.
“a man who…Roger)”: Drew, On the Edge, p. 384.
“It was Hillary…tension”: Bruck, “Hillary the Pol.”
“Sadly, the Whitewater…it”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 371.
“I accidentally found some…all”: Author’s interview with Betsey Wright.
“I told her…And I…There’s going…Well, I…lawyer?”: Ibid.
“Assuming we did…forthcoming”: Stephanopoulos, All Too Human, p. 230.
Whitewater overshadowed…indictment”: Brock, The Seduction of Hillary Rodham, p. 401; Fiske report.
“Mother called me at…her go”: Clinton, My Life, p. 567.
“showed more affection…other”: David Maraniss, “The Woman Who Shaped the President Dies in Her Sleep,” Washington Post, January 7, 1994, p. 1.
“I hate to even…hand now”: Bob Dole, interview, CBS This Morning, January 7, 1994.
“background noise”: Clinton, Living History, p. 211.
“utterly stricken”: Ibid.
“It is in the…reauthorized”: Carolyn Skorneck, “White House Decries ‘Cannibalism’ in Attacks on Clinton,” Associated Press, January 7, 1994.
“I just have to…. town”: Carolyn Skorneck, “Reno Rejects Dole Suggestion of Political Interference,” Associated Press, January 8, 1994.
“You know, I’ve…mother”: The Ho
tline, January 10, 1994.
“Clearly, she had…come”: Gergen, Eyewitness to Power, p. 299.
“Kendall would not…know”: Author’s interview with Betsey Wright.
“Turn over the…hide”: The Hotline, January 10, 1994.
“If it comes…is”: Ibid.
“I have nothing…trip”: Drew, On the Edge, p. 406.
“You had your…trip”: Ibid.
the scene had…don’t”: Clinton, Living History, p. 215.
He cited…us”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p.
373; author’s interview with Bernard Nussbaum.
“I’ve lived with…institution”: Woodward, Shadow, p. 237.
“Mr. President, one…earth”: Ibid.
“If you create…beyond”: Ibid., p. 238.
“terrible precedent, basically…decision”: Clinton, My Life, p. 573.
Hillary went…noose”: Woodward, Shadow, p. 239; author’s interview with Bernard Nussbaum.
“whether any individuals…way”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 399.
“I want you…over”: Woodward, Shadow, p. 242.
Chapter 15: Truth or Consequences
“I’m telling you…that”: Terence Hunt, “Clinton Defends Wife, Self: ‘No Credible Charge’ in Whitewater,” Associated Press, March 7, 1994.
“try and explain…of”: Howard Kurtz, “ABC News Plunges into Whitewater,” Washington Post, February 11, 1994.
“How do you counter…You don’t…Are you…I blow…teenagers”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 418.
“Don’t Pillory Hillary”: Dan Balz, “GOP Assailed for Attacks on Clintons,” Washington Post, March 12, 1994.
“Her integrity and…issue”: John King, “While Defending Clinton, Democrats Have Whitewater Jitters,” Associated Press, March 11, 1994.
Under this intensifying…investment”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 415.
“Top Arkansas Lawyer…$100,000”: Dean Baquet, Jeff Gerth, and Stephen Labaton, “Top Arkansas Lawyer Helped Hillary Clinton Turn Big Profit,” New York Times, March 18, 1994, p. 1.
“numerous people”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 417.
“There was no …Times”: Ibid.
“committed to a…destruction”: Ruth Marcus, “Clinton Angrily Denounces Republicans: Party Is ‘Committed to Politics of Personal Destruction,’ President Says,” Washington Post, March 15, 1994.
“Have you taken…I think there…I’ve also…wrong”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 420.
“I don’t think…answered”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“Yes, I do…I think if my…me”: “Excerpts from Hillary Clinton’s News Session on Whitewater,” New York Times, April 23, 1994.
“she essentially reverted…so”: Author’s interview with Roger Altman.
“She started off…often”: Ibid.
“Whitewater is evaporating…office”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 420.
“She felt good…her”: Robert Reich, interview, PBS Frontline.
“They are peeling…issue”: John King, “While Defending Clinton, Democrats Have Whitewater Jitters,” Associated Press, March 11, 1994.
“they can’t stand…attack”: Richard L. Berke. “Party Attacking Clintons’ Critics,” New York Times, March 13, 1994, p. 25.
“to have a…reverse”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“I swear to God, it didn’t happen”: Woodward, Shadow, p. 255.
“I begged him and…her”: Author’s interview with Jim Blair.
“Impeach Hillary”: Lloyd Grove, “It Isn’t Easy Being Right: At the Conservative Confab, Out of Sorts About Who’s in Power,” Washington Post, February 14, 1994.
“The whole scene…before”: Stephanopoulos, All Too Human, p. 266.
“It’s wrong that a woman…to me”: Stewart, Blood Sport, p. 389.
“a cheap…trick”: Ibid.
“Only after Mr. Clinton…relief”: Ibid., p. 390.
“she was begging…D.C.”: Author’s interview with Betsey Wright.
“tolling agreement”: Stephanopoulos, All Too Human, p. 272.
“distinguishing characteristics”: Neil A. Lewis, “Material Hints of Assistance in Jones Case,” New York Times, October 27, 1998.
“After a review…investigation”: Text provided by the Associated Press, June 30, 1994.
“essentially those expected…probe”: Douglas Jehl, “First Whitewater Report Pleases Clinton Advisers,” New York Times, July 1, 1994, p. 16.
“really fucking crazy”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“the Republican and their…Justice”: Clinton, Living History, p. 243.
“eat his hat”: Ibid., p. 244.
“appoint a new…remain”: Jerry Seper, “Reno Seeks a Change in Fiske’s Status,” Washington Times, July 2, 1994. '
“It is not…conflict”: Michael J. Sniffen, “Fiske Replaced as Whitewater Prosecutor by Starr,” Associated Press, August 5, 1994.
“Western wear…problems”: Jeffrey Toobin, A Vast Conspiracy (New York: Random House, 1999).
“Everybody else has…done”: Woodward, Shadow, p. 270.
“Our competitiveness, our…care”: Drew, On the Edge, p. 302.
“Every American would…companies”: Ibid., p. 303.
“I find her…self-righteousness”: Author’s interview with Bob Boorstin.
“In the very…husband”: Johnson and Broder, The System, p. 183.
“I am pleased…last”: Ibid., p. 184.
“I’m here as…nation”: Bruck, “Hillary the Pol.”
“Kevorkian prescription for…women”: Johnson and Broder, The System, p. 185.
“Her thoughts sound…Marxists”: Ibid.
“as exciting as possible…I’m sure…“We’ll do…“You and…I have…understated”: Ibid.
“Not since Eleanor…easily”: Ibid., p. 184.
“I hope my mother is listening”: Mike Feinsilber, “She Made Her Case in a Lawyerly Manner,” Associated Press, September 28, 1993.
“Hillary Rodham Clinton…solution”: Adam Clymer, “The Clinton Health Plan Is Alive on Arrival,” New York Times, October 3, 1993.
“It’s a long…superstar”: Mary McGrory, “Capital Hillary,” Washington Post, October 3, 1993.
“It was, in a way…they were”: Maureen Dowd, “First Lady Takes Stage, Ending Era on the Hill,” New York Times, September 29, 1993.
“If Ira Magaziner…destroyed”: Johnson and Broder, The System, p. 186.
“My colleagues who have…at it”: Karen Tumulty, “Health Care Math Leaves Critics Puzzled,” Los Angeles Times, September 11, 1993.
“fantasy”: Johnson and Broder, The System, p. 351.
“I can’t believe they’re…unprecedented”: Karen Ball, “Sorting Through the Competing Health Care Bills: A Primer,” Associated Press, October 11, 1993.
“until the legislation is complete”: David S. Broder and Dana Priest, “As Momentum Slows, Clintons Said to Be Eager to Submit Health Care Bill,” Washington Post, October 14, 1993.
“I don’t remember…happen”: Author’s interview with Roger Altman.
“you to get…sit down”: Johnson and Broder, The System, p. 132.
“It’s certainly possible…common”: Paul Richter and Edwin Chen, “Clinton, Aides Hit the Road to Push Health Care Plan,” Los Angeles Times, September 24, 1993.
“The Government may…all”: Johnson and Broder, The System, p. 205.
“The Government caps how…way”: Adam Clymer, “Hillary Clinton Accuses Insurers of Lying About Health Proposal,” New York Times, November 2, 1993.
“thousands of pages”: Clinton, Living History, p. 192.
Once the Clintons…health care reform: Johnson and Broder, The System, p. 234.
“Whitewater and Health Care”: Ibid., p. 276.
“The administration, the Democrats in…Washington”: Harris, The Survivor, p. 149.
The decision to…buses rerouted: The account of the Reform Rider
campaign is based on The System and Living History, p. 245.
“to use the…House”: David E. Rosenbaum, “A Republican Who Sees Himself as a Revolutionary on the Verge of Victory,” New York Times, July 24, 1994.
“It is time…bill?”: Gergen, Eyewitness to Power, p. 302.
“willingness to compromise…Government”: Judy Keen, “Health-Plan Backers in GOP Targeted,” USA Today. June 1, 1994.
“impossible”: Ibid.
“to win conservative…1996”: Ibid.
“Foley said absolutely not…through”: Klein, “Eight Years.”
“schizophrenic”: Author’s interview with confidential source.
“a creative pollster…strategist”: Clinton, Living History, p. 251.
“how the Clintons…defeat”: Morris, Rewriting History, p. 96.
“This guy is terrible…crawl”: Author’s interview with Robert Reich.
“she had been…’80”: Ibid.
“I cut the deficit…Arkansas”: Morris, Rewriting History, p. 97.
“confirmed”: Clinton, Living History, p. 256.
“fighting to get…agenda”: Johnson and Broder, The System, p. 516.
“Solid South”: Ibid., p. 552.
“deflated and disappointed”: Clinton, Living History, p. 257.
“My view is Hillary…unforgivable”: Author’s interview with Lawrence O’Donnell.
“When your purpose…opposition”: Johnson and Broder, The System, p. 615.
“campaign-think”: Ibid.
I don’t know…spiral”: Author’s interview with David Gergen.
“I was profoundly…public”: Clinton, My Life, p. 630.
“it was a matter…that”: Author’s interview with David Gergen.
“We weren’t moving after…incoherent”: Author’s interview with Donna Shalala.
“My friends (closest…I think…Morris replaced…deferential”: Author’s interview with David Gergen.
“he pushed her…anything”: Author’s interview with Dick Morris.
“she literally withdrew…staff”: Author’s interview with Harold Ickes.
“She didn’t trust…wicked witch”: Ibid.
“I had a…her”: Author’s interview with Dick Morris.
“[A]s Clinton withdrew from…Morris”: Stephanopoulos, All Too Human.
“To help get…loss”: Morris, Rewriting History, p. 98.
“I told the…weak”: Ibid.
“draft avoidance, the…prone”: Ibid.
“There was nothing…him”: Ibid.