Clinton, Inc.: The Audacious Rebuilding of a Political Machine (44 page)

Reines, Philippe

campaign donation scandal, 50–51

press relations, 165–66, 247–48

spokesman for CVC, 231

spokesman for HRC, xiv, 45–46, 124

Renaissance Weekend, 69–70

Reno, Janet, 34, 121

Rhoades, Matt, 245

Rice, Condoleezza, 171

Rice, Susan, 162, 188, 212

Rich, Denise, 33, 35

Rich, Marc, 31, 33, 35–36, 38–39

Richardson, Bill

2008 presidential run, 114, 137–38

endorsement of Obama in 2008, xv, xx–xxi, 145–46

inclusion on Clinton “enemies list,” 149

role in Obama administration, xxii

WJC relationship, 81

right-wing conspiracy theory, 47–49, 63–64, 245.
See also
conspiracy theories

Roberts, John, 63

Roberts, Robin, 203–4

Rodham, Hugh, 36

Rodham, Tony, 35

Rogan, Jim, 70, 76, 101–2

Rollins, Ed, 228

Romney, Ann, 180

Romney, Willard (“Mitt”), 179–80, 198–99, 239, 244–45, 271

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 9

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 9

Rose Law Firm, 4

Rove, Karl

advisor to Bush, 94, 103, 207

HRC health issues, 241

observations on HRC, 197

observations on WJC, 103, 107, 180

Rubenstein Public Relations, 223

Rubin, Robert, 48

Ruff, Chuck, 64

Rumsfeld, Donald, 107

Russert, Luke, 52

Russert, Tim, 21, 129–30

Ryan, Jack, 138

Ryan, Paul, 171, 180

S

Sabato, Larry, 196

Safire, William, 9–10

Salter, Mark, 154

Sandoval, Arturo, 211

Sarkozy, Nicolas, 232

Saudi Arabia, 28–31, 43–44, 172

Scaife, Richard Mellon, 72–73

“Scandal at Clinton Inc.” (MacGillis), 232

Scarborough, Joe, 129

Schiff, Adam, 102

Schoen, Doug, 278

Schultz, Debbie Wasserman, xiv, 166

Schumer, Chuck, 7–8, 24–26, 144, 259–62

Schweitzer, Brian, 243–44

Shapiro, Andrew J., 231

Shariff, Karim, 228

Sharpton, Al, 201, 202

Sheehy, Gail, 15

Shrum, Bob, 17, 25, 118, 143, 226, 239, 241

Shuster, David, 121–31, 217, 221

Sidey, Hugh, 92

Siewert, Jake, xxii

60 Minutes
(TV program), 192–93, 209

60/20
(radio program), 52

Smith, Sally Bedell, xxiii, 2

social media, 175, 273–74

Soros, George, 263

Sperling, Gene, 48

Squier, Bob, 17

Starr, Kenneth W., 5, 47, 64, 77, 128–29

Starr Report, 218, 250, 252

Stephanopoulos, George, xx, 85–86, 120, 278

Stevens, Chris, 181–83, 187, 189

Streisand, Barbra, 55, 217

Stronach, Belinda, 86–87

Stronach, Frank, 84

Sullivan, Lencola, 52–54

Syria, 175–76, 240

T

Talbott, Strobe, 14, 164

Tanden, Deera, 45, 48

Teneo (advisory firm), 227–31, 280

Tenet, George, 253–54

Thurmond, Strom, 75

Todd, Chuck, 124, 130

Trie, Charlie, 32

Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP, 2008), 66, 177

tsunami relief efforts, 90–92

Tucker
(TV program), 123

Twitter, 175, 263, 273–74, 283

2002 Obama Senate campaign, 138–39

2004 presidential campaign, 62, 88–89, 104, 107, 119–20, 271.
See also
Clinton, Hillary Rodham (presidential candidate)

2008 presidential campaign

about HRC inevitability, 108, 113–15, 245

announcing HRC candidacy, 27, 115–17

conspiracy theories, 141–42

HRC campaign, 115–21, 140–44, 278

HRC endorsements, 139

Iowa caucuses, 117, 260

McCain campaign, 153–54, 205, 245, 271

New Hampshire primary, 117–20

Obama candidacy, 114

Obama endorsements, xv, xx–xxi, 143–47, 152, 165, 261–62, 274

Obama nomination, 147–48

“pimping out” CVC, 121–31

race card and negative campaigning, 114, 139, 141, 148–50

South Carolina primary, 136–40

vice president selection, 150–52

WJC womanizing rumors, 137

See also
Clinton, Hillary Rodham (presidential candidate)

2016 presidential campaign

about HRC inevitability, 238–39

Biden preparations for, 239–41

building press relationships, 278–79

courting African American vote, 274–-75

courting Democratic Party, 282–85

courting Hispanic vote, 275–76

courting younger voters, 273–74

HRC endorsements, 260–61, 262–64

HRC health issues, xi–xiv, xxiv–xxv, 241

HRC preparations for, 163–65, 261–62, 278

HRC support from WJC, xiv–xv, 276–77

impact of Benghazi, 188–90, 244

impact of Lewinsky affair, 217–20, 246–54

Iowa caucuses, 259–61

Obama-HRC secret deal, 193–201

observations of Gingrich on, 112

relationship of WJC to HRC as president, 266–67

role of CVC, 277–78

vice president selection, 243, 265–66

voter sympathy for HRC, 245–46

See also
Clinton, Hillary Rodham (presidential candidate)

2016 presidential challengers

Amy Klobuchar, 242, 266

Andrew Cuomo, 242, 264–65

Biden aspirations, 191–92, 204

Brian Schweitzer, 243–44

Elizabeth Warren, 244

Jerry Brown, 244

Martin O’Malley, 242–43

Rahm Emanuel, 207–8

Rand Paul, 249

Republican opposition, 244–46

U

University of Virginia, 233

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 66–67, 93

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, 65

U.S. Supreme Court, 63, 102, 274

U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council, 111–12

V

Vancouver Sun
, 86

Vanity Fair
, 55–56, 86, 115, 137, 232

Van Natta, Don, 46

Verveer, Melanne, 112

Vignali, Carlos, 36

Violence Against Women Act, 72

Vitter, David, 155

Vogue
, 43

Voting Rights Act, 274

W

Wade, Richard, 9

Walker, Martin, 256

Walters, Barbara, 250, 272

War on Women, xi

Warner, Mark, 265

Warren, Elizabeth, 244, 262

Washington Free Beacon
, 249

Washington Monthly
, 132

Wattenberg, Ben, 69–70

Weekly Standard
, xviii, xxiv

Wehner, Pete, 108

Weiner, Anthony, 45, 76, 128, 279–82

Whitewater scandal, 4, 5, 9–10, 60, 129

Whouley, Michael, 261

WikiLeaks, 164

Willey, Kathleen, 168

William J. Clinton Foundation.
See
Clinton Foundation

Williams, Maggie, xvii, 57

Wolfson, Howard, 20, 36, 122, 124, 127–28, 137, 142, 150, 284

Women in Islam
(Abedin), 44

women-in-combat, x–xi

women’s rights, x, 169, 172–74, 249

Wonder, Stevie, 53

Woodward, Bob, 161

Write It When I’m Gone
(DeFrank), 55

Wye River Memorandum (1998), 252–53

Y

Yankelovich, Daniel, xvii

“The Year Everyone Gave Hillary Clinton an Award,” 263

Yeltsin, Boris, 252

Young, Andrew, 139

Young, Charlie, 56

YouTube, xii, 139, 182, 185, 273

Z

Zogby, John, 3

Zucker, Jeff, 129

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