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“My boyfriend …” Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 313.

“She was already a perfectionist …” Dorothy Rodham to the author.

“He thought she was …” Brooke Shearer to the author.

“Anything Hillary says …” Derek Shearer to the author.

“If something ever happened …” Ann Stock to the author.

“She brought discipline …” Ruth Goldway to the author.

In 1980… Doug Schoen to the author and see also Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 455, and Sheehy,
Hillary’s Choice,
p. 191.

“Bill’s debt to his wife …” based on transcript of January 26, 1992,
60 Minutes
and author’s interview with Steve Kroft.

“Her public image is so …” Mandy Grunwald to the author.

“passionately …” Joe Klein to the author.

“In my whole life …” CNN WorldView transcript of May 7, 2000, John King, reporter.

“The same thing …” George Stephanopoulos to the author.

“All the reporting on Bill Clinton …” Mandy Grunwald to the author.

“Hillary does not believe …” Donna Shalala to the author.

“In some ways she was a victim …” George Stephanopoulos to the author.

“We don’t talk about deeply …” Dorothy Rodham to the author; see also Sheehy’s
Hillary’s Choice,
pp. 318–19.

Her pastor … Martha Sherrill to the author.

“You’re lucky to be in my …” David Gergen to the author.

“They get into arguments …” Donna Shalala to the author.

The Clintons loved to watch … Joe Klein to the author.

In December 1998…
Time,
December 28, 1998-January 4, 1999.

“He acts like a baby around her …” George Stephanopoulos to the author.

“She had a very clear sense …” Mandy Grunwald to the author.

“They developed an arrogance …” Clinton Cabinet member to the author.

“Right away …” Ann Blackman to the author.

“The president was worried …” Ambassador Betty King to the author.

“It was the first time …” Melanne Verveer to the author.

“They appointed a woman …” Ambassador King to the author.

In 1993 health care … This portion of the chapter is drawn from conversations with Laura D’Andrea Tyson, David Gergen, Robert Boorstin, Steven Ricchetti and Melanne Verveer as well as Haynes Johnson and David Broder’s
The System,
and Connie Bruck’s lengthy
New Yorker
essay “Hillary the Pol,” May 30, 1994.

“We needed a talented …” Johnson and Broder,
The System,
p. 9.

“We knew it would be easier …” Steven Ricchetti to the author.

“There were difficult feelings …” Melanne Verveer to the author.

“People would know I was serious about …” Johnson and Broder,
The System,
p. 101.

“I was always wowed …” Laura D’Andrea Tyson to the author.

“She absolutely thought …” Robert Boorstin to the author.

“I understood, as many people never tired of telling me …” Johnson and Broder,
The System,
p. 102.

“‘H—’ began a typical …” Ibid., p. 16.

I don’t care how they do things … Bruck,
New Yorker,
May 30, 1994.

One of the few … Laura D’Andrea Tyson to the author.

The West Wing … Robert Boorstin to the author.

On September 22, 1993… Melanne Verveer to the author.

But Steve Ricchetti … Steve Ricchetti to the author.

“She was really smart …” Laura D’Andrea Tyson to the author.

“The reaction was more negative …” Bruck,
New Yorker,
May 30, 1994.

“Bill and I … did not come to Washington …” Ibid.

“Hillary let the perfect become the enemy of the good …” Mandy Grunwald to the author.

“There was a chance to get it done …” Steven Ricchetti to the author.

Rather than reaching out … author’s interviews with Martha Sherrill and Bob Woodward.

As far as Hillary was … Mandy Grunwald to the author.

“She doesn’t treat the stories …” Mandy Grunwald to the author.

Early in 1995… author’s interview with Marian Burros; see also
New York Times,
January 10, 1995, p. 1.

The article was, in the words … author’s interview with Andrew Rosenthal.

“Hillary does not waste time …” Bruck,
New Yorker,
May 30, 1994.

As usual, her husband … author’s interview with George Stephanopoulos.

“I’m very confused by her …” author’s interview with Donna Shalala.

By the spring of 1994… based on interviews with David Gergen, Ann Stock, Robert Boorstin and Joe Klein.

“She was adamant …” Mandy Grunwald to the author.

White House counsel … Lloyd Cutler to the author.

“She basically lied …” Ann Blackman to the author.

“No group is more …” Bob Woodward to the author.

“I’m feeling very …” George Stephanopoulos,
All Too Human
(New York, Boston: Little, Brown, 1999), p. 232.

“I really believe …” Hillary Clinton to the author.

“I saw her get off that plane …” Joe Klein to the author.

“I’m so totally engaged …” Hillary Clinton to the author.

“It is a violation …” transcript of Hillary Clinton’s United Nations Conference on Women speech, September 5, 1995, from the White House Office of the First Lady.

“I like subterfuge …” author’s interview with a Dick Morris associate who wished to remain anonymous.

Typically, rather than opt … author’s interview with Joe Klein.

“It’s not a defined responsibility …” Hillary Clinton to the author.

“I don’t see her as …” Donna Shalala to the author.

“She was quietly present throughout …” Steven Ricchetti to the author.

“Hers is an instance of …” Melanne Verveer to the author.

“Bob, do you think …” Toobin,
A Vast Conspiracy,
p. 167.

Clinton’s oldest friends … author’s interviews with Ambassador Tom Siebert and Tom Caplan.

“His best friend is …” author’s interview with Derek Shearer.

“We all protected the president …” author’s interview with Donna Shalala.

White House correspondent … Helen Thomas to the author.

“What else can she do …” author’s interview with George Stephanopoulos.

“She blocks it out …” author’s interview with Mandy Grunwald.

“This was not something we talked about …” author’s interview with Melanne Verveer.

First she had to save … author’s interviews with Steven Ricchetti as well as other close friends of the Clintons who preferred to remain anonymous; see also John F. Harris, “Clinton’s Final Run,”
Washington Post Magazine,
September 10, 2000.

“She had to forgive him …” Melanne Verveer to the author.

“I believe deeply in …” CNN “The World Today,” May 14, 1999, “Hillary Rodham Clinton Discusses Her Trip to Macedonia.”

Following his speech … author’s interview with Jonathan Alter.

In April 1999… transcript of Millennium Evening: “Lessons Learned from a Violent Century,” April 12, 1999, the White House, Office of the Press Secretary.

“I want independence …” Hillary Clinton interview by Lucinda Franks,
Talk,
September 1999.

“I am very grateful …” transcript of remarks by the president at “Broadway for Hillary Event,” October 25, 1999, the White House, Office of the Press Secretary.

At 3 A.M …. Steven Ricchetti to the author.

In February 1992…anonymous interview with White House aide.

When, years before … David Maraniss,
The Clinton Enigma
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999), p. 110.

“Everybody that always …” John F. Harris, “His Final Run,”
Washington Post Magazine,
September 10, 2000.

Interviews and conversations with Tom Bernstein, William Broyles, Jr., Stephen Harrigan, Victor Emanuel and Gregory Curtis—friends and associates of Laura and George W. Bush—helped provide the background for this chapter.
First Son—George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty
by Bill Minutaglio (New York: Times Books, 1999) and
Shrub—the Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush
by Molly Ivins (New York: Vintage Books, 2000) were useful, as was
Friday Night Lights
by H. G. Bissinger (New York: Da Capo Press, 2000). Also helpful in understanding George W. Bush’s brief life in politics is “The Redemption” by Nicholas Lemann,
New Yorker,
January 31, 2000.

“I’ve always done what …” Skip Hollandsworth, “Reading Laura Bush,”
Texas Monthly,
November 1996.

“I have the best wife …”
People,
January 29, 2001.

“I hope you will join me …” President George W. Bush, State of the Union Address to a Joint Session of Congress, January 29, 2002.

“He didn’t like it when …” Evan Smith, “George, Washington,”
Texas Monthly,
June 1999.

Midland, built by oil money … Bissinger,
Friday Night Lights,
p. 212.

“a place where neighbors …” “Remarks of Laura Bush Republican National Convention,” 2nd Session, July 31, 2000.

“I felt very obligated …” Ibid.

“She would never …” Julia Reed Reed, “The Calm Amid the Storm,”
Newsweek,
November 22, 1999.

“It was a terrible …” Frank Bruni, “Quiet Strength: For Laura Bush, a Direction She Never Wished to Go In,”
New York Times,
July 31, 2000, p. 1A.

“This place …” Text of Remarks by President-elect Bush,
Associated Press,
Midland, Texas, January 17, 2001.

“Young George …” Minutaglio,
First Son,
p. 98.

“passing on legacy …” Ibid., p. 178.

“A lot of people who …” Ibid., p. 101.

“a very ferocious mother” “The Choice 2000: The Wives,”
Frontline,
(PBS video transcript).

“My father doesn’t have …” Minutaglio,
First Son,
p. 117.

“George was never …” Ibid., p. 87.

“I was so uninterested in politics …” Ibid., p. 184.

“Smitten, I must confess …” Myrna Blyth and Nancy Evans, “Fighting for the Family,”
Ladies’ Home Journal,
November 1, 2000.

“The thing that I liked …” Minutaglio,
First Son,
p. 184.

“I’ve always done …”
Houston Chronicle,
July 20, 1997.

“And what do you do …” Mark Murray, “A Bush White House: Reading Laura Bush,”
National Journal,
October 28, 2000.

“darn near collapsed …” Bruni, “Quiet Strength.”

“My daddy and granddad …” Lois Romano and George Lardner, Jr., “Young Bush, A Political Natural, Revs Up,”
The Washington Post,
July 29, 1999, p. A1.

Petrified, she spoke too softly … John Hanchette, “Laura Welch Bush: Shy No More,”
USA Today,
June 23, 2000.

“How was my speech?”… Reed, “The Calm Amid the Storm.”

“These babies will be fine …” Ibid.

“I realized our life …” “Read Her Lips,”
CNN
story, debuted on April 8, 2001.

At age forty … Skip Hollandsworth, “Who Is George W. Bush? Younger. Wilder?”
Texas Monthly,
June 1999.

“after nights that weren’t particularly …” Ibid.

“He looked in the mirror …” Minutaglio,
First Son,
p. 210.

“He attended Greenwich Country …” Ivins,
Shrub,
p. xx.

“She’s pretty good …” Lois Romano, “Laura Bush: A Twist on Traditional,”
The Washington Post,
May 14, 2000, p. A1.

“I really don’t think George …” “The Real George W. Bush,”
ABC News
interview (transcript prepared by Burrelle’s Information Services).

“the perfect wife …” Hanchette, “Shy No More.”

“she’s a good adviser …” Blyth and Evans, “Fighting for the Family.”

“If I differ …” Hanchette, “Shy No More.”

“America’s starved for something …” Bruni, “Quiet Strength.”

“People may not believe that …” Gregory Curtis, “At Home with Laura,”
Time,
January 8, 2001.

“Let’s see, I don’t know …” Sarah Wildman, “Portrait of a Lady: How Laura Bush Conquered Feminism,”
The New Republic,
August 20, 2001.

“[My mother-in-law] is very …” Skip Hollandsworth, “Reading Laura Bush,”
Texas Monthly,
November 1996.

“A second plane …” Dan Balz and Bob Woodward, “America’s Chaotic Road to War: Bush’s Global Strategy Began to Take Shape in First Frantic Hours After Attack,”
The Washington Post,
January 27, 2002, p. A1.

“I remember thinking …” “Remarks by Mrs. Laura Bush,” National Press Club, November 8, 2001.

“just for the comfort …” Susan Page, “The Power Behind the President,”
USA Today,
September 25, 2001.

“never created any …” “‘There Is No Doubt in My Mind. Not One Doubt,’”
The Washington Post,
February 3, 2002, p. A14.

“When sad or frightening …” Laura Bush, “Elementary School Letter,” September 12, 2001.

“fierce when stirred …” George W. Bush, “Address at the National Cathedral,” September 14, 2001.

“we are a kinder …” “Remarks by Mrs. Laura Bush,” National Press Club, November 8, 2001.

“while there are some bad …” Ibid.

“Children will sidle up …” Ibid.

“a worldwide effort …” “Radio Address by Laura Bush to the Nation,” Crawford, Texas, November 17, 2001.

“horror …” Ibid.

“human dignity …” “Remarks by Mrs. Laura Bush to the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women,” March 8, 2002.

most admired … Laurence McQuillan, “Bush dominates most-admired poll,”
USA Today,
January 26, 2001.

Amanda Urban, my friend and the agent for my last four books, started me on this one and offered encouragement and coaxing throughout. I am grateful to Linda Healey, my first editor, who was always available with her usual blend of wisdom, humor and good sense. My editor, Jonathan Segal, proved to be everything an editor should be, and more: encouraging and exacting, intellectually exciting and excited. His tiny, fine script in the margins immeasurably improved the manuscript. My researcher Leslie Powell, a Columbia University scholar in Russian, was there from the beginning and never failed to unearth documents or solve computer crises. I particularly wish to thank historian Benjamin Skinner for his invaluable help in researching and editing the final chapter. Most of all my thanks go to my husband, who sustained me throughout, tirelessly reading and rereading each draft, unflagging in his determination to get the best out of me.