First In His Class (95 page)

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“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 Davis, 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.

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).

292
Once he accidentally: Int. Wylie Davis, March 31,1994.

293
“ wasn't terribly kind to Bill”: Int. Mort Gitelman, June 21,1993.

293
In the constitutional law: Ints. Woody Bassett, June 21, 1993, and Jesse Kearney, June 2, 1992.

293
part of the first wave: Ints. L. T. Simes, July 9, 1993, and Carol Willis, June 30, 1993.

294
perpetuating the myth: Allen.
Governor William Jefferson Clinton,
p. 53: “About his decision to run after only three months of teaching, Clinton said, ‘The only reason I ran for Congress is they couldn't get anybody else to do it. I asked Diane Blair and her then husband Hugh Kincaid and Rudy Moore … and two or three other people…. I didn't intend to get into politics that early.ߣ”

294
“He felt he had to go bigger”: Int. Rudy Moore, June 10, 1993.

295
“What if you don't win?”: Int. Thomas McLarty, April 19, 1993.

295
In early December: Int. Paul Fray, April 25, 1994.

296
“I've been thinking about running”: Ints. Carl Whillock, July 19, 1993, and Margaret Whillock, July 28, 1993.

296
“I don't see how”: Int. James Blair, June 10, 1993. 296 “a wonderful man”: Int. Thomas McLarty, April 19, 1993.

296
“looked like a congressman”: Int. Diane Kincaid Blair, June 10, 1993.

297
The political folk wisdom: Int. James Blair, June 10, 1993.

297
“‘Is that a good idea?ߣ”: Int. David Pryor, June 29, 1993.

297
“Why don't you come over”: Int. Ron Addington, March 29, 1994.

298
The journey ended in embarrassment:
Ibid.

298
Addington was in Little Rock:
Ibid
.

298
They agreed to meet: Ints. Doug Wallace, April 14, 1994, and Ron Addington, March 29, 1994.

299
At eight o'clock on Monday morning: The account of the Clinton announcement is based on Doug Wallace papers from the 1974 congressional campaign, archived at University of Arkansas-little Rock Library (UALR).

299
“All smiles”: Int. Ron Addington, March 29, 1993.

299
“Billie, I'm on my way!”: Int. Billie Carr, Dec. 15, 1992.

300
he responded by contributing: Federal Election Commission reports,
Clinton for Congress,
1974.

300
“Dear Charlie,”: Letter to Charlie Daniels, Jan. 7, 1974.

300
The return rate: FEC reports, Clinton for Congress, 1974.

301
They left at dawn: Int. Carl Whillock, July 19, 1993.

301
At the Berryville courthouse: Int. Eileen Harvey, July 30, 1993.

302
“We sat around”: Ints. Carl Whillock, July 19, 1993, and Victor Nixon, Aug. 2, 1994.

302
The cattle farmer contributed: FEC reports,
Clinton for Congress,
1974.

302
“One candidate has already”:
Harrison Daily Times,
March 6, 1974.

302
“These two men walk in”: Int. Vada Sheid, July 28, 1993.

303
“You do that”: Int. Carl Whillock, July 19, 1993.

304
“You really missed it!”: Int. Margaret Whillock, July 28, 1993.

304
“It's a little extreme” Associated Press article in
Hope Star
and
Arkansas Gazette,
April 11, 1974. Notations from Mack McLarty on copy sent to campaign and archived in Doug Wallace papers at UALR.

304
Schneider's friends gathered: Ints. James Blair, June 10, 1993; Ron Addington, March 31, 1994; and David Pryor, June 29, 1993.

305
“You and Bill get your butts”: Int. Ron Addington, March 31, 1994.

305
They left on the morning:
Ibid.

306
“God damn it!”:
Ibid.

307
More than twelve hours a day: Ints. Michael Conway, June 18, 1993, and Tom Bell, July 28, 1993.

307
She did not have her own: Int. Sara Ehrman, Jan. 31, 1993.

307
She and Doar had met: Int. Michael Conway, June 18, 1993.

308
He had barely settled:
Ibid
.

308
Their windows looked out on: Int. Tom Bell, July 28, 1993.

308
Rodham's section analyzed: Int. Terry Kirkpatrick, April 5, 1994.

308
Their report concluded: Report of impeachment inquiry staff, Feb. 21, 1974.

309
Doar was a seemingly: Ints. Fred Altshuler, June 24, 1993; Robert Sack, June 22, 1993; Michael Conway, April 1, 1993; and Robin Johansen, June 23, 1993.

309
Cates and Doar respected: Int. Richard Cates, July 13, 1993.

310
“He is looking for detail”: Int. Tom Bell, July 28, 1993.

310
“On occasion he would call her”:
Ibid.

310
The way she would later: Radcliffe, A
First Lady
, p. 124; Warner,
Hillary Clinton,
p. 74.

310
Donaldson has no such memory: Int. Sam Donaldson, March 4, 1994.

310
“There were some tensions”: Int. Tom Bell, July 28, 1993.

311
“she wasn't as ideologically pure”:
Ibid.

311
“We're lawyers, not historians”: Ints. Fred Altshuler, June 24, 1993, and Michael Conway, June 18, 1993.

311
“a small but nasty”: Ints. Robert Sack, June 22, 1993, and Fred Altshuler, June 24, 1993.

311
Doar was obsessive: Ints. Sandy Boone, July 8, 1993; Jeff Branchero, July 7, 1993; and Tom Bell, July 28, 1993.

312
At one point the women: Ints. Terry Kirkpatrick, April 5, 1993, and Robin Johansen, June 23, 1993.

312
“I remember that”: Int. Jeff Branchero, July 7, 1993.

313
“I'm following Phil's example”: Int. Phil Verveer, Feb. 2, 1993.

313
“She was absolutely, totally”: Int. Terry Kirkpatrick, April 5,1994.

313
“This is the honest-to-God”: Int. Tom Bell, July 28, 1993.

313
“a little crazy”:
WP
, July 1, 1993: “The Man Behind the President,” Ruth Marcus.

314
They spent one week: Int. Bob Sack, June 22, 1993.

314
“It was Nixon taping himself”:
New York Review of Books,
Oct. 22, 1992: “A Doll's House?”, Carry Wills.