A Woman in Charge (98 page)
“We didn't come hereâ¦Republicans”: David Gergen,
Eyewitness to Power
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000), p. 277.
“Rubin was terrifiedâ¦thing”: Author's interview with confidential source.
“He's a hellâ¦them”: Michael Kelly and Maureen Dowd, “The Company He Keeps,”
New York Times,
January 17, 1993, p. 20.
“She is muchâ¦this?” Author's interview with Harold Ickes.
“a little bitâ¦dear”: Author's interview with Robert Reich.
“my politics areâ¦mind-sets”: Sherrill, “Hillary Clinton's Inner Politics,” p. 1.
“It's not trueâ¦responsibility”: Bruck, “Hillary the Pol.”
“a very practicalâ¦1993”: Author's interview with Dick Morris.
“Well, I want toâ¦Ever”: Stephanopoulos,
All Too Human,
p. 112.
“He's not oneâ¦to”: Michael Kramer, “The Political Interest: Still Waiting for Bill's Call,”
Time,
February 1, 1993, p. 37.
“one gray hair to another”: John F. Harris,
The Survivor
(New York: Random House, 2005), p. 82.
“If I findâ¦not”: Stephanopoulos,
All Too Human,
p. 121.
“hard and fastâ¦attack”: Christopher Connell, “In Health Reform Aftermath, Delay Seen as Reason for Clinton's Loss,” Associated Press, September 7, 1994.
“Bentsen, Rubinâ¦programs”: Author's interview with Donna Shalala.
“that sealed it forever”: Author's interview with Melanne Verveer.
“She was a normalâ¦fishbowl”: Ibid.
“I don't go outâ¦too”: Radcliffe,
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
p. 261.
“With Chelsea, she isâ¦too”: Bruck, “Hillary the Pol.”
Chapter 9: Portrait of a First Lady
“The sheets are damp”: Robert Reich,
Locked in the Cabinet
(New York: Vintage, 1998), p. 49.
“George Stephanopoulos was reminded: Stephanopoulos,
All Too Human,
p. 130.
The weekend retreatâ¦one another: Author's interview with Stan Greenberg.
“We were theâ¦insulin”: Author's interview with Dick Morris.
“someone to helpâ¦something”: Ibid.
“Bill said âStayâ¦dinner”: Ibid.
bare-shoulder, blackâ¦dress: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 139. 272 “every woman whoâ¦transition”: Marian Burros, “Hillary Clinton's New Home: Broccoli's In, Smoking's Out,”
New York Times,
February 2, 1993, p. 1.
“We're trying toâ¦ideas”: Ibid.
“I can't say I'm very pleased”: Marian Burros, “High Calories (and Chef!), Out at White House,”
New York Times,
March 5, 1994, p. 6.
“I think she'sâ¦sense”: Burros, “Hillary Clinton's New Home,” p. 1.
“certain box, traditionalist or feminist”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 140.
“that people couldâ¦other”: Ibid.
“because of theâ¦smoking”: Burros, “Hillary Clinton's New Home,” p. 1.
“aggression”: Author's interview with Dick Morris.
“taking the fightâ¦the enemy”: Ibid.
“When she doesâ¦it”: Ibid.
“Unlike him she'sâ¦albino”: Ibid.
“Her spiritual mysticismâ¦sense”: Ibid.'
“He works inâ¦over it”: Author's interview with confidential source.
“She's not a creativeâ¦advocate”: Author's interview with Dick Morris.
“He's always takingâ¦work”: Ibid.
“substantiveâ¦doesn't”: Ibid.
“playing the partâ¦pursued”: Ibid.
“she definitely hasâ¦attack”: Ibid.
“to savage womenâ¦I believeâ¦Internsâ¦I thinkâ¦her much”: Ibid.
Chapter 10: A Downhill Path
“penitentiary”: Author's interview with presidential aide.
“Eagle”: Harris,
The Survivor,
p. 32.
“Why can't I do what I want?”: Ibid., p. 33.
“Re-elect Bush”: Ibid., p. 34.
“Seems First Ladyâ¦hubby's”: Bill Zwecker, “âHot' Rumors Dog Clintons,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
February 19, 1993.
“Just in caseâ¦bedrooms”: Ibid.
“We've got toâ¦you”: Paul Richter, “White House Denies Secret Service Spat,”
Los Angeles Times,
March 30, 1993, p. 11.
(Later, Zweckerâ¦security.”): Stewart,
Blood Sport,
p. 248.
“too naive andâ¦Arkansas”: Ibid.
“the client”: Ibid. And author's interviews with Webb Hubbell and confidential sources.
“I'm afraid ifâ¦sorry”: Stewart,
Blood Sport,
p. 236.
“I was angryâ¦glory”: Peter J. Boyer, “Life After Vince,”
The New Yorker,
September 11, 1995.
“This is gold”: Hubbell,
Friends in High Places,
p. 255.
“I could never go back”: Ibid., p. 202.
“Were the teamâ¦be”: Ibid., p. 193.
Chapter 11: Health Care
“If I don't getâ¦President”: Harris,
The Survivor,
p. 20.
“People work bestâ¦discipline”: Dana Priest, “Putting Health Care Under a Microscope,”
Washington Post,
April 16, 1993, p. 1.
“They would takeâ¦operation”: Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
p. 346.
“Compromise didn't come⦔: Stephanopoulos,
All Too Human,
p. 301.
“Any bill thatâ¦usual”: Bruck, “Hillary the Pol.”
“We know howâ¦campaign”: Ibid.
“Among Clintonites, it wasâ¦nostrums”: Gergen,
Eyewitness to Power,
p. 307.
“Hillary believedâ¦it”: Author's interview with Lawrence O'Donnell.
“We may have beenâ¦involved”: Haynes Johnson and David S. Broder,
The System
(New York: Little, Brown, 1997), p. 132.
“There's just nothingâ¦need”: Author's interview with Lawrence O'Donnell.
“The President has alreadyâ¦right”: Drew,
On the Edge,
pp. 193â94.
Hillary's stature withâ¦deteriorating: Author's interview with confidential source.
“Let's revisit this”: Drew,
On the Edge,
p. 307.
“the rules inâ¦opposition”: Johnson and Broder,
The System,
p. 120.
“George Mitchell and Dickâ¦[idea]”: Woodward,
The Agenda,
p. 121.
“because the budgetâ¦enough”: Author's interview with confidential source.
“All of our effortsâ¦America”: Johnson and Broder,
The System,
p. 121.
“That would be likeâ¦have”: Eleanor Clift and Mary Hager, “Health Care: Covert Operation,”
Newsweek,
March 15, 1993, p. 37.
“obscure law”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 153.
“was no longerâ¦fixed”: Author's interview with Webb Hubbell.
“I think theâ¦sued”: Hubbell,
Friends in High Places,
p. 193.
“Instead of aâ¦indeed”: Ibid.
“Webb, I told Hillaryâ¦. litigation”: Author's interview with Webb Hubbell.
“Fix it, Vince!â¦all”: Hubbell,
Friends in High Places,
p. 212.
“She was theâ¦relationship”: Author's interview with Webb Hubbell.
“She was furiousâ¦to do”: Author's interview with Sara Ehrman.
Chapter 12: The Politics of Meaningâ¦and Family
“When he turnedâ¦him?”: Sheehy,
Hillary's Choice,
p. 233.
“He was mean, mean, mean”: Author's interview with confidential source.
“leaning”: Dana Priest, “White House Considers Requiring Individuals to Buy Health Insurance,”
Washington Post,
March 29, 1993, p. A6.
“emphasis on personalâ¦church”: United Methodist News Service, September 16, 1992. 298 “When does lifeâ¦end?”: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Remarks, Liz Carpenter Lecture Series, University of Texas, Austin, April 7, 1993.
“crisis of meaningâ¦soul”: Ibid.
“struck down withâ¦time”: Ibid.
“Much of the energyâ¦God”: Sherrill, “Hillary Clinton's Inner Politics.”
“He said the followingâ¦âThe eightiesâ¦âI don'tâ¦Thatâ¦win”: Clinton, Remarks, University of Texas. 300 “[T]he debate overâ¦Insteadâ¦this tumorâ¦
We need
â¦ourselves”: Ibid.
“remolding society”: Ibid.
“Who will lead usâ¦to do”: Ibid.
“We are, Iâ¦are?”: Ibid.
“provide decent, affordableâ¦How doâ¦system”: Ibid.
“What do ourâ¦questions”: Ibid.
“To fill that spiritual vacuumâ¦treated”: Ibid.
“He never toldâ¦all right”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 163.
“Lord, they lovedâ¦politics”: Richard L. Berke, “Clinton Eulogizes Father-in-Law with Humor at Little Rock Service,”
New York Times,
April 10, 1993.
“That was it forâ¦hypocrisy”: Author's interview with Bill Bradley.
“didn't hold grudgesâ¦life”: Author's interview with Lawrence O'Donnell.
“In this firstâ¦government”: Drew,
On the Edge,
p. 136.
“I want to thankâ¦Hillary”: Ibid., p. 137.
Chapter 13: The Cruel Season
“You keep tellingâ¦plan”: Author's interview with confidential source.
“You could seeâ¦in”: Author's interview with confidential source.
“Her attitude wasâ¦too”: Author's interview with confidential source.
“we did giveâ¦no one”: Author's interview with Donna Shalala.
“It was hardâ¦once”: Ibid.
“if the numbersâ¦to do”: Woodward,
The Agenda,
p. 199.
“Are these peopleâ¦economics”: Ibid., p. 200.
“I love this stuff”: Harris,
The Survivor,
p. 20.
“The difference betweenâ¦forever”: Author's interview with Bob Boorstin. '
“Some mornings sheâ¦awakenings”: Author's interview with confidential source.
“The person onâ¦over it”: Sheehy,
Hillary's Choice,
p. 139.
“Does he needâ¦enemies”: Author's interview with confidential source.
“Bill's women problemsâ¦was”: Author's interview with Betsey Wright.
“Once the impeachmentâ¦turn”: Ibid.
“looks thinner thanâ¦House”: Phyllis C. Richman, “Eschewing the Fat with Hillary: A New Point of âLite' at the White House,”
Washington Post,
December 1, 1993.
“Do I know her?”: Marian Burros, “Social Scene: A Highly Sensitive Post Is Filled by the Clintons,”
New York Times,
January 12, 1993, p. 18.
“Who would everâ¦changed”: Author's interview with Ann Stock.
“treated the Whiteâ¦house”: Ibid.
“They don't care about people”: Author's interview with confidential source.
“I think whereâ¦Arkansas”: Author's interview with Ann Stock.
“He understands whyâ¦action”: Drew,
On the Edge,
p. 92.
“I'm more interestedâ¦about”: Radcliffe,
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
p. 251.
“You have toâ¦today”: Author's interview with Terry McAuliffe.
“It was aâ¦push”: Author's interview with Ann Stock.
“they ran it from a war room”: Ibid.
“The mentality ofâ¦In socialâ¦last-minute”: Ibid.
“We've got toâ¦supper”: Ibid.
“I mean, Billâ¦them”: Ibid.
“I don't haveâ¦do”: Ibid.
“When the Presidentâ¦anything”: Ibid.
“I'm not doingâ¦do”: Ibid.
“That's partâ¦charities”: Ibid.
“They want toâ¦it”: Ibid.
“It was somewhat aâ¦Quinn”: Ibid.
“Beware of Washington”: Sally Quinn, “Beware of Washington,”
Newsweek,
December 28, 1992, p. 26.
“For Hillary Clintonâ¦so high”: Ibid.
“Making Capital Gainsâ¦Rules”: Sally Quinn, “Making Capital Gains: Welcome to Washington, but Play by Our Rules,”
Washington Post,
November 15, 1992.
“Think of itâ¦them”: Ibid.
“She must knowâ¦She should notâ¦She should notâ¦reality”: Quinn, “Beware of Washington,” p. 26.
“[Bill], was a littleâ¦honest”: Author's interview with Rahm Emanuel.
“We were in aâ¦storm”: Hubbell,
Friends in High Places,
p. 185.
“The real testâ¦friends”: Ibid., p. 201.
“The Travel Office isâ¦like”: Author's interview with confidential source.
“Jesuitical lying”: Author's interview with confidential sources.
“White House Project”: Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
p. 368.
“best and brightest”: Ibid.
“get the most appealing visuals”: Ibid.
“image of theâ¦Mickey Mouse”: Ibid.
Now that Clintonâ¦âThomason' name recognition”: Ibid., p. 369.
“These guys areâ¦Lader”: Harris,
The Survivor,
p. 38.
“Harry was moreâ¦hill”: Drew,
On the Edge,
p. 17.
“Stay ahead”: Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
p. 374.
“good [press] story”: Ibid.
“very interested”: Report of the Independent Counsel.
“lavish lifestyles”: Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
p. 374.
“highest levels”: Ibid., p. 375.
“Are you awareâ¦Office?”: Report of the Independent Counsel.
“Oh, well, goodâ¦it”: Ibid.
“HRC generally appearedâ¦cloture”: Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
p. 375. 326 “Harry says hisâ¦slots”: Ibid., p. 376.
“mismanagement and possible misconduct”: Report of the Independent Counsel.
“Well, this is aâ¦it”: Ibid.
“Well, I hadâ¦antennae”: Stewart,
Blood Sport,
p. 263.
Though the Whiteâ¦an hour: Drew,
On the Edge,
p. 174.
