228 “Bill Clinton was an unusual choice”: Ibid
229 “Oh, my God!”: Int. Mickey Donenfeld, May 13, 1993.
229 “one of the few Yalies”. Int. Irv Stolberg, May 12, 1993.
229 “I was told the new guy”: Int. Chuca Meyer, May 12, 1993.
229 “He’d come over”: Int. Mickey Donenfeld, May 13, 1993.
230 Wexler realized: Int. Anne Wexler, May 11, 1993.
230 “We had a lot of students”: Int. Joseph Duffey, Feb. 7, 1994.
231 with his adaptability: Int. Anne Wexler, May 11, 1993.
231 “could never bridge the gap”: Int. John Spotila, Jan. 12,1994.
231 The irony here: Int. Joseph Duffey, Feb. 7, 1994. Also Eric Rennie, From a Campaign Album, 1973.
231 “but we couldn’t get”: Int. Larry Kudlow, May 13, 1993.
231 When one critic: Rennie, From a Campaign album.
232 The Duffey crew worked hard: Ints. Joseph Duffey, Feb. 7, 1994; Anne Wexler, May 11, 1993; Judi Gold, June 23, 1993; and Tony Podesta, May 10, 1993.
232 “It is always tempting”: Rennie, From a Campaign Album.
233 Once during the campaign: Int. Anne Wexler, May 11, 1993. 233 “Hi, I’m BillRogue Clinton”: Int. Nancy Bekavac, June 29, 1993.
233 “as nonchalant about it”. Int. Bill Coleman, May 29, 1993.
234 “He was very quick”: Int. Don Pogue, June 2, 1993.
234 entered Yale law in 1968: Int. Steve Cohen, Feb. 3,1994.
234 “In exams the concern”: Int. Robert Borosage, Jan. 10, 1994.
234 “He never went to class”: Int. James Blair, July 15, 1993.
234 He was “flabbergasted”: Int. Don Pogue, June 2, 1993.
236 It is hardly surprising: Ibid.
237 In the law school corridor: Int. Robert Borosage, Jan. 10, 1994.
237 Bands of students: Int. Don Pogue, June 2, 1993.
237 Clinton moved easily: Int. Bill Coleman, May 29, 1993.
238 “Oh, you poor bastard”: Int. Nancy Bekavac, June 29, 1993.
239 “Politics… was a natural part”: Int. Bill Coleman, May 29, 1993.
239 “If you scratched the surface”: Int. David Schulte, Jan. 27, 1994.
239 “About the White House”: Letter to Cliff Jackson, Nov. 17, 1971.
240 Clinton thrived on what politics: Int. Nancy Bekavac, June 29, 1993.
240 His living quarters: The account of the Fort Trumbull beach house is based on interviews with Doug Eakeley, Dec. 19, 1993; Bill Coleman, May 29, 1993; Don Pogue, June 2, 1993; Nancy Bekavac, June 29, 1993; and Robert Reich, April 15, 1993.
242 “New Haven is the vile crotch”: American Oxonian (Spring 1971). Also int. Robert Reich, Sept. 16, 1994.
242 “Robert Reich is now less confident”: Time, May 17, 1971, “Class of 1968 Revisited.”
243 The Rhodes Scholars had scattered: American Oxonian (Spring 1971 ).
243 Aller went to Spain: Ints. Strobe Talbott, June 2, 1993, and Brooke Shearer, July 1, 1993. Also letter to Brooke Shearer, Nov. 3, 1971, and a richly textured article on Aller’s final troubled years in NYT Magazine, Nov. 22, 1992, by Alessandra Stanley.
244 Clinton went out to California: Ints. Brooke Shearer, July 1, 1993, and Derek Shearer, Jan. 5, 1994.
Fourteen: Rodham and Clinton
246 “Bill, this is Hillary”: Int. Robert Reich, Sept. 16, 1994.
246 Struggling to hold Clinton’s: Int. Jeff Glekel, Sept. 21,1994.
247 On their first outing: ART news (September 1994), p. 141.
247 It took a little time: Int. Don Pogue, June 2, 1993.
247 “He cared deeply”: Int. Hillary Clinton, Jan. 16, 1992, (Hillary Clinton declined inter-view requests for this book, but was interviewed by the author during the 1992 presidential campaign. )
247 “They were funny together”: Int. Don Pogue, June 2, 1993.
247 “Come off it, Bill!”: Int. Doug Eakeley, Dec. 19, 1993.
248 Emerson kept private numerical grades: The Nation, Nov. 2, 1992, Andrew L. Shapiro.
248 “Clinton had the charm”: Int. Steve Cohen, Feb. 3, 1994.
248 “The story of what”: Int. Carolyn Ellis, Jan. 28, 1994.
248 “mainstream, conscientious”: Int. Greg Craig, Jan. 27, 1994.
248 She kept her hair long: Int. Carolyn Ellis, Jan. 28, 1994.
249 Rodham served as a commentator: Ints. James Blumstein, June 22, 1993, and Jack Petranker, Feb. 7, 1994. (“Jamestown 70” inspired an article in Playboy, April 1972, headlined “Taking Over Vermont—get 225,000 counterculturalists to settle in the green mountain state and exercise their franchise—and you’ve begun a unique social experiment.”)
249 “You couldn’t get away with that”: Int. Rick Ricketts, June 22, 1993.
249 Dorothy Rodham often told: A First Lady, p. 35.
250 when one marriage disIntegrated: Int. Rick Ricketts, June 22, 1993.
251 “conservative but not paranoid”: Int. Hillary ClInton, Jan. 16, 1992.
251 “a much more Intellectual view”: Int. Sherry Heiden, March 16, 1993.
251 “We’d get our Weekly Reader”. Int. Rick Ricketts, June 22, 1993.
251 He considered himself a liberal realist: The account of Don Jones is based on Interviews with Don Jones, April 14, 1993 and May 17, 1993, and with Rick Ricketts, June 22, 1993, and Sherry Heiden, March 16, 1993.
253 The most overt case for Hillary: R. E. Levin, Inside Story, p. 15; Rodham, A First Lady, p. 42. Also NYT, Feb. 18, 1994, Maureen Dowd.
254 “let’s-keep-it-clean”: Letter to Don Jones, May 17, 1964.
254 Hugh Rodham did not spoil: Ints. Hillary ClInton, Jan. 16, 1992, and Rick Ricketts, June 22, 1993. Also WP, Jan. 11, 1993: “The Education of Hillary ClInton,” Martha Sherrill.
254 Hillary kept up a running: Int. Rick Ricketts, June 22, 1993.
255 “a clean slate”: Int. Geoffrey Shields, Feb. 23, 1994.
255 “See how liberal I’m becoming”: Letter to Don Jones.
256 “We saw everything”: Int. Betsy Johnson Ebeling, Sept. 27, 1994.
256 “try out different personalities”: Letter to Don Jones. Int. Don Jones, May 17, 1993.
256 “personally pretty conservative”: Int. Geoffrey Shields, Feb. 23, 1994.
257 “You can’t accomplish anything”: Ibid.
257 “started out thinking”: Int. Alan Schechter, Sept. 8, 1994.
257 “someone can be a Burkean realist”: Int. Don Jones, May 17, 1993.
257 reluctantly acquiesced: A First Lady, p. 79.
257 Adams described her: Transcript of Adams’s Introduction, Wellesley College files.
258 “I find myself in a familiar position”: Transcript of “Remarks of Hillary D. Rodham, President of the Wellesley College Government Association and member of the Class of 1969, on the occasion of Wellesley’s 91st Commencement, May 31, 1969.”
259 “She said it had been hard”. Int. Geoffrey Shields, Feb. 23, 1994.
259 21 Edgewood Avenue: Ints. Greg Craig, Jan. 27, 1994, and Carolyn Ellis, Jan. 28, 1994.
259 “I am trying to at least”: Letter to Denise Hyland, Fall 1971.
259 eating breakfast at the Blue Bell: NYT Magazine, Nov. 22, 1992.
259 The call was from Brooke Shearer: Ints. Brooke Shearer, July 1, 1993, and Strobe Talbott june 2, 1993.
260 They all had their own perspectives: Ints. Rick Stearns, March 4, 1993; John lsaacson, March 5, 1993; Brooke Shearer, July 1, 1993; Mike Shea, April 6, 1993; and Willie Fletcher, Nov. 23, 1993.
261 “His politics are probably closer”: Letter to Cliff Jackson, Nov. 17, 1971.
262 “As to the ‘disturbing undercurrents’ ”: Letter to Cliff Jackson, December 1971.
262 “the pluralist model”: Int. Greg Craig, Jan. 27, 1994.
263 there was a Prize Trial: The account of Rodham and ClInton’s performance at the Prize Trial is based on Interviews with Robert and Sarah Alsdorf, April 7, 1993; Mike Con-way, April 1, 1993; Elliot Brown, April 1,
1993; Mark Klugheit, April 1, 1993; and Nancy Bekavac, June 29, 1993.
Fifteen: Texas Days
265 “You said you were sending”: Ints. Billie Carr, Dec. 15, 1992, Feb. 16, 1994.
265 which was how Hart wanted it: Int. Gary Hart, March 1993.
265 Despite the admonition: Ints. Robert Hauge, Dec. 8, 1992; Sissy Farenthold, February 24, 1993; and Billie Carr, Feb. 16, 1994.
266 At a reunion of Duffey workers: Ints. Anne Wexler, May 11, 1993, and Tony Podesta, May 10, 1993.
266 Stearns had sent ClInton: Ints. Rick Stearns, March 4, 1993; Steve Smith, July 15, 1993; Don O’Brien, Dec. 16, 1992; and Gary Hart, March 1993.
266 Taylor Branch brought his own share: Ints. Taylor Branch, Jan. 11, 1992, Feb. 28, 1993, and Feb. 14, 1994.
268 The McGovern headquarters: Ints. Joyce Sampson, Jan. 10, 1993; Lisa Hazel, Jan. 8, 1993; and Nancy Williams jan. 7, 1993.
268 from a hippie commune: Int. Mark Blumenthal, Jan. 9, 1993.
269 Branch took finances: Int. Taylor Branch, Feb. 28, 1993.
269 The Texans viewed the newcomers: Ints. Mark Blumenthal, Jan. 9, 1993; Lisa Rogers, Jan. 9, 1993; Carrin Patman, Jan. 5, 1993; and Anne McAfee, Dec. 19, 1992. 269 “good cop-bad cop routine”: Int. Billie Carr, Dec. 15, 1992.
269 “Who’s Linda Ronstadt”: Int. Taylor Branch, Feb. 28, 1993.
270 One of his first acts: McGovern archive at Seeley G. Mudd Manuscripts Center at Princeton University. In his return telegram, LBJ wrote: “Have just returned home from hospital. Thank you for your wire and your concern. Will be delighted to see you and senator Eagleton at any time convenient to you.”
270 Clinton and Branch helped the national staff: Ints. Rick Stearns, March 4, 1993, and Taylor Branch, Feb. 28, 1993.
270 sometimes with disdain: The LBJ Library file on McGovern campaign shows Johnson’s annotations to a McGovern fundraising letter. One sentence in the letter begins: “In having stubbornly pursued an unpopular, unjust war in Vietnam for nearly ten years….” Johnson scrawled the words “yes” over “unpopular” and “no” over “unjust.”
271 greatly disappoInted ClInton and Branch: Int. Taylor Branch, Feb. 27, 1993.
271 “a great man”: Arkansas Democrat, Sept. 27, 1977.
271 One week before the meeting: LBJ Library. Statement was released Aug. 16, 1972. One paragraph in the statement read: “It is no secret that Senator McGovern and I have widely differing opinions on many matters, especially foreign policy. Impelled by his conscience, Senator McGovern has not refrained from criticizing policies of mine with which he has disagreed. Neither shall I refrain from stating my disagreements with any positions of his if and when I believe, in my own conscience, that the public Interest, as I see it, demands such action.”
271 The day after the announcement: Memo to LBJ from aide Joan Kennedy, LBJ Library.
271 The boisterous crowd: Austin American-Statesman, Aug. 22, 1972: “McGovern Cheered by Huge Crowd,” p. 1.
272 McGovern was startled: The account of the meeting with LBJ is drawn from an Interview with George McGovern, March 10, 1994.
273 “a donnybrook of a family feud”: Dallas Times Herald, Aug. 27, 1972, Ernest Stromberger.
273 to express their “ill feeling”: Austin American-Statesman, Aug. 23, 1972.
273 It is clear from a series of letters: Letters from McGovern to Barrientos and Bullock are part of the McGovern Archive at Seeley G. Mudd Manuscripts Center, Princeton University.
274 “Bullshit—we’re Democrats”: Int. Bob Armstrong, Jan. 6, 1992.
274 “a damn good IRS audit”: Int. John C. White, March 10, 1994.
274 “I cannot see a win here”: Ibid.
274 “you had to be an optimist”: Int. Gary Hart, Dec. 17, 1992.
274 “He had this bootleg cellar”: Int. Taylor Branch, Feb. 28, 1993.
275 “politics as “an art form”: Int. John C. White, March 10, 1993.
275 “They were right out front”: Ibid.
275 “I’m taking some sick leave”: Int. Bob Armstrong, Jan. 6, 1992.
275 He shared Clinton’s political obsession: Int. Garry Mauro, Dec. 16, 1992.
275 Wright lived two blocks: Int. Betsey Wright, Feb. 15, 1993.
276 “our moral pulse”: Int. Lisa Rogers, Jan. 9, 1993.
276 Many of the women: Ints. Betsey Wright, Feb. 15, 1993; Lisa Hazel, Jan. 8, 1993; Lisa Rogers, Jan. 9, 1993; and Ruth Fischer Jan. 10, 1993.
276 There “was dope around”: Int. Lisa Rogers, Jan. 9, 1993.
276 “Stories of who slept”: Int. Bebe Champ, Jan. 10, 1993.
276 “women were very attracted”: Int. John C. White, March 10, 1994.
276 “Where’s Hillary?”: Int. Ruth Fischer Jan. 10, 1993.
276 “in awe of young women”: Int. Joyce Sampson, Jan. 10, 1993.
277 aloof but Intelligent: Int. Mark Blumenthal Jan. 9, 1993.
277 “not particularly warm”: Int. Bebe Champ, Jan. 10, 1993.
277 “like a little sister”: Int. Ruth Fischer Jan. 10, 1993.
277 Taylor Branch welcomed Rodham’s: Int. Taylor Branch, Feb. 28, 1993.
277 The two women would sit: Int. Betsey Wright. Feb. 15, 1993.
277 It was not at all certain: Ints. Ruth Fischer, Jan. 10, 1993, and Roy Spence, Feb. 8, 1993.
277 The public lack of Interest: Int. Taylor Branch, Feb. 28, 1993.
278 When the Texas staff: The account of the McGovern campaign debate over the Connally fundraiser and rice-and-beans rally is based on Interviews with Taylor Branch, Feb. 28, 1993; Tony Podesta, May 10, 1993; Gary Hart, March 1993; John C. White, March 10, 1994; and Bob Armstrong, Jan. 6, 1993.
279 A few miles away: Ann Crawford and Jack Keever, Portrait in Power, p. 362. Also Austin American-Statesman, Sept. 23, 1972.
279 “When he arrived”: Int. Bebe Champ Jan. 10, 1993.
280 “Billie Carr—Bitch”: Int. Billie Carr, Dec. 15, 1992.
280 “Bill liked going out”: Ibid.
280 “I’m gonna tell you something”: Ibid.
281 “an endless fight”: Int. Taylor Branch, Feb. 28, 1993.
281 “They were furious”: The account of the dispute with Barbara Jordan is based on Interviews with Taylor Branch, Feb. 28, 1993, and Feb. 14, 1994, and Tony Podesta, May 10, 1993. Barbara Jordan declined to be Interviewed and said, through her secretary, that she had no recollection of the incident.
281 “He liked what we were doing”: lnts. Taylor Branch, Feb. 28, 1993, Jan. 11, 1992.
282 In Shaver’s last visit:. Int. Roy Spence, Feb. 8, 1993.
282 Branch and Clinton walked: Ibid. Also Int. Taylor Branch, Feb. 28, 1993.
282 “We had this huge cadre”: Int. Tony Podesta, May 10, 1993.
283 “It was unbelievable”: Int. Roy Spence, Feb. 8, 1993.
283 Judy Trabulsi, camped out: Int. Judy Trabulsi, Feb. 2, 1993.
283 The lights were off: Int. Bebe Champ, Jan. 10, 1993.
283 A few days after the election: The account of the party at Armstrong’s ranch is based on Interviews with Bebe Champ, Jan. 10, 1993; Bob Armstrong, Jan. 6, 1993; Mark Blumenthal, Jan. 9, 1993; and Lisa Rogers, Jan. 9. 1993.
283 “You need to go hunting”: Int. Taylor Branch, Feb. 28, 1993.
284 Wright headed up to Washington: Int. Betsey Wright, Feb. 15, 1993.
284 a six-year-old guru: Int. Mark Blumenthal, Jan 9, 1993.
284 “Aren’t you worried”: Int. Bebe Champ, Jan. 10, 1993.
284 “Coming down to Texas”: Int. Pat Robards, Dec. 19, 1992.
284 “When he was traveling”: Int. Mark Blumenthal, Jan. 9, 1993.
284 “He learned from that race”: Int. Roy Spence, Feb. 8, 1993.
285 “He seemed to take away”: Int. George McGovern, March 10, 1993.
285 “I wonder what’s going on”: Letter to Creekmore Path, Nov. 25, 1972.
285 He sat in the living room: Int. Nancy Bekavac, May 29, 1993.
285 according to a summary: Int. Dean Wylie Dav
is, University of Arkansas Law School, March 31, 1994.
286 Bill Coleman felt “a sense of hope”: Int. Bill Coleman, May 29, 1993.
286 “Let me know when you’re running”: Int. Robert Alsdorf, April 7, 1993.
Sixteen: Home Again
287 “a pure accident”: Charles Flynn Allen, Governor William Jefferson ClInton, p. 50: “He had no plans to make a career of teaching, but found himself applying for a faculty position at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville when he returned to Arkansas from Yale. ClInton said his teaching there was ’a pure accident.’… Clinton was driving home from New Haven, Connecticut, to Hot Springs when he stopped along the Interstate in Little Rock and called the university. He spoke to Wylie Davis…. He was granted an Interview and soon found himself a member of the U of A School of Law faculty.” See also Levin, Bill Clinton: The Inside Story, p. 97.
288 “amusingly inaccurate”: Int. Wylie Davis, March 31, 1994. Also Arkansas Law Record (Fall 1993).
288 He recruited a political friend: Int. Steve Smith, July 15, 1993.
288 “the entire process was”: Int. Wylie Davis, March 31, 1994.
288 a curious first impression: Int. David Newbern, April 6, 1994.
288 “He charmed us all”: Int. Wylie Davis, March 31, 1994. Also Arkansas Law Record (Fall 1993).
289 “It was very clear”: Int. Mort Gitelman, June 21, 1993.
289 Clinton was offered the job: Int. Wylie Davis, March 31, 1994.
289 rented a contemporary stone: lnts. Rudy Moore, June 10, 1993; Steve Smith, July 15, 1993; and Doug Wallace, April 14, 1994.
289 On August 23: Int. Ann Henry, July 16, 1993.
290 He filed an amicus brief: Int. Steve Smith, July 15, 1993.
290 “Clinton came up”: Int. Brenda Blagg, July 29, 1993.
290 Clinton called Moore: Int. Rudy Moore, June 10, 1993.
291 Whillock had previously served: Int. Carl Whillock, July 19, 1993.
291 It was not unusual: Ints. Wylie Davis, March 31, 1994, and Mort Gitelman, June 21, 1993.
291 “We had long discussions”: Int. Moril Harriman, July 15, 1993.
292 “shooting the breeze”: Int. Woody Bassett, June 21,1993.
292 “There was some grumbling”: Int. Rafael Guzman, April 4, 1994. Also Arkansas Law Journal (Fall 1993).
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