A Woman in Charge (98 page)

“We didn't come here…Republicans”: David Gergen,
Eyewitness to Power
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000), p. 277.

“Rubin was terrified…thing”: Author's interview with confidential source.

“He's a hell…them”: Michael Kelly and Maureen Dowd, “The Company He Keeps,”
New York Times,
January 17, 1993, p. 20.

“She is much…this?” Author's interview with Harold Ickes.

“a little bit…dear”: Author's interview with Robert Reich.

“my politics are…mind-sets”: Sherrill, “Hillary Clinton's Inner Politics,” p. 1.

“It's not true…responsibility”: Bruck, “Hillary the Pol.”

“a very practical…1993”: Author's interview with Dick Morris.

“Well, I want to…Ever”: Stephanopoulos,
All Too Human,
p. 112.

“He's not one…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 find…not”: Stephanopoulos,
All Too Human,
p. 121.

“hard and fast…attack”: Christopher Connell, “In Health Reform Aftermath, Delay Seen as Reason for Clinton's Loss,” Associated Press, September 7, 1994.

“Bentsen, Rubin…programs”: Author's interview with Donna Shalala.

“that sealed it forever”: Author's interview with Melanne Verveer.

“She was a normal…fishbowl”: Ibid.

“I don't go out…too”: Radcliffe,
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
p. 261.

“With Chelsea, she is…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 retreat…one another: Author's interview with Stan Greenberg.

“We were the…insulin”: Author's interview with Dick Morris.

“someone to help…something”: Ibid.

“Bill said ‘Stay…dinner”: Ibid.

bare-shoulder, black…dress: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 139. 272 “every woman who…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 to…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's…sense”: Burros, “Hillary Clinton's New Home,” p. 1.

“certain box, traditionalist or feminist”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 140.

“that people could…other”: Ibid.

“because of the…smoking”: Burros, “Hillary Clinton's New Home,” p. 1.

“aggression”: Author's interview with Dick Morris.

“taking the fight…the enemy”: Ibid.

“When she does…it”: Ibid.

“Unlike him she's…albino”: Ibid.

“Her spiritual mysticism…sense”: Ibid.'

“He works in…over it”: Author's interview with confidential source.

“She's not a creative…advocate”: Author's interview with Dick Morris.

“He's always taking…work”: Ibid.

“substantive…doesn't”: Ibid.

“playing the part…pursued”: Ibid.

“she definitely has…attack”: Ibid.

“to savage women…I believe…Interns…I think…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 Lady…hubby's”: Bill Zwecker, “‘Hot' Rumors Dog Clintons,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
February 19, 1993.

“Just in case…bedrooms”: Ibid.

“We've got to…you”: Paul Richter, “White House Denies Secret Service Spat,”
Los Angeles Times,
March 30, 1993, p. 11.

(Later, Zwecker…security.”): Stewart,
Blood Sport,
p. 248.

“too naive and…Arkansas”: Ibid.

“the client”: Ibid. And author's interviews with Webb Hubbell and confidential sources.

“I'm afraid if…sorry”: Stewart,
Blood Sport,
p. 236.

“I was angry…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 team…be”: Ibid., p. 193.

Chapter 11: Health Care

“If I don't get…President”: Harris,
The Survivor,
p. 20.

“People work best…discipline”: Dana Priest, “Putting Health Care Under a Microscope,”
Washington Post,
April 16, 1993, p. 1.

“They would take…operation”: Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
p. 346.

“Compromise didn't come…”: Stephanopoulos,
All Too Human,
p. 301.

“Any bill that…usual”: Bruck, “Hillary the Pol.”

“We know how…campaign”: Ibid.

“Among Clintonites, it was…nostrums”: Gergen,
Eyewitness to Power,
p. 307.

“Hillary believed…it”: Author's interview with Lawrence O'Donnell.

“We may have been…involved”: Haynes Johnson and David S. Broder,
The System
(New York: Little, Brown, 1997), p. 132.

“There's just nothing…need”: Author's interview with Lawrence O'Donnell.

“The President has already…right”: Drew,
On the Edge,
pp. 193–94.

Hillary's stature with…deteriorating: Author's interview with confidential source.

“Let's revisit this”: Drew,
On the Edge,
p. 307.

“the rules in…opposition”: Johnson and Broder,
The System,
p. 120.

“George Mitchell and Dick…[idea]”: Woodward,
The Agenda,
p. 121.

“because the budget…enough”: Author's interview with confidential source.

“All of our efforts…America”: Johnson and Broder,
The System,
p. 121.

“That would be like…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 longer…fixed”: Author's interview with Webb Hubbell.

“I think the…sued”: Hubbell,
Friends in High Places,
p. 193.

“Instead of a…indeed”: Ibid.

“Webb, I told Hillary…. litigation”: Author's interview with Webb Hubbell.

“Fix it, Vince!…all”: Hubbell,
Friends in High Places,
p. 212.

“She was the…relationship”: Author's interview with Webb Hubbell.

“She was furious…to do”: Author's interview with Sara Ehrman.

Chapter 12: The Politics of Meaning…and Family

“When he turned…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 personal…church”: United Methodist News Service, September 16, 1992. 298 “When does life…end?”: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Remarks, Liz Carpenter Lecture Series, University of Texas, Austin, April 7, 1993.

“crisis of meaning…soul”: Ibid.

“struck down with…time”: Ibid.

“Much of the energy…God”: Sherrill, “Hillary Clinton's Inner Politics.”

“He said the following…‘The eighties…‘I don't…That…win”: Clinton, Remarks, University of Texas. 300 “[T]he debate over…Instead…this tumor…
We need
…ourselves”: Ibid.

“remolding society”: Ibid.

“Who will lead us…to do”: Ibid.

“We are, I…are?”: Ibid.

“provide decent, affordable…How do…system”: Ibid.

“What do our…questions”: Ibid.

“To fill that spiritual vacuum…treated”: Ibid.

“He never told…all right”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 163.

“Lord, they loved…politics”: Richard L. Berke, “Clinton Eulogizes Father-in-Law with Humor at Little Rock Service,”
New York Times,
April 10, 1993.

“That was it for…hypocrisy”: Author's interview with Bill Bradley.

“didn't hold grudges…life”: Author's interview with Lawrence O'Donnell.

“In this first…government”: Drew,
On the Edge,
p. 136.

“I want to thank…Hillary”: Ibid., p. 137.

Chapter 13: The Cruel Season

“You keep telling…plan”: Author's interview with confidential source.

“You could see…in”: Author's interview with confidential source.

“Her attitude was…too”: Author's interview with confidential source.

“we did give…no one”: Author's interview with Donna Shalala.

“It was hard…once”: Ibid.

“if the numbers…to do”: Woodward,
The Agenda,
p. 199.

“Are these people…economics”: Ibid., p. 200.

“I love this stuff”: Harris,
The Survivor,
p. 20.

“The difference between…forever”: Author's interview with Bob Boorstin. '

“Some mornings she…awakenings”: Author's interview with confidential source.

“The person on…over it”: Sheehy,
Hillary's Choice,
p. 139.

“Does he need…enemies”: Author's interview with confidential source.

“Bill's women problems…was”: Author's interview with Betsey Wright.

“Once the impeachment…turn”: Ibid.

“looks thinner than…House”: Phyllis C. Richman, “Eschewing the Fat with Hillary: A New Point of ‘Lite' 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 ever…changed”: Author's interview with Ann Stock.

“treated the White…house”: Ibid.

“They don't care about people”: Author's interview with confidential source.

“I think where…Arkansas”: Author's interview with Ann Stock.

“He understands why…action”: Drew,
On the Edge,
p. 92.

“I'm more interested…about”: Radcliffe,
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
p. 251.

“You have to…today”: Author's interview with Terry McAuliffe.

“It was a…push”: Author's interview with Ann Stock.

“they ran it from a war room”: Ibid.

“The mentality of…In social…last-minute”: Ibid.

“We've got to…supper”: Ibid.

“I mean, Bill…them”: Ibid.

“I don't have…do”: Ibid.

“When the President…anything”: Ibid.

“I'm not doing…do”: Ibid.

“That's part…charities”: Ibid.

“They want to…it”: Ibid.

“It was somewhat a…Quinn”: Ibid.

“Beware of Washington”: Sally Quinn, “Beware of Washington,”
Newsweek,
December 28, 1992, p. 26.

“For Hillary Clinton…so high”: Ibid.

“Making Capital Gains…Rules”: Sally Quinn, “Making Capital Gains: Welcome to Washington, but Play by Our Rules,”
Washington Post,
November 15, 1992.

“Think of it…them”: Ibid.

“She must know…She should not…She should not…reality”: Quinn, “Beware of Washington,” p. 26.

“[Bill], was a little…honest”: Author's interview with Rahm Emanuel.

“We were in a…storm”: Hubbell,
Friends in High Places,
p. 185.

“The real test…friends”: Ibid., p. 201.

“The Travel Office is…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 the…Mickey Mouse”: Ibid.

Now that Clinton…‘Thomason' name recognition”: Ibid., p. 369.

“These guys are…Lader”: Harris,
The Survivor,
p. 38.

“Harry was more…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 aware…Office?”: Report of the Independent Counsel.

“Oh, well, good…it”: Ibid.

“HRC generally appeared…cloture”: Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
p. 375. 326 “Harry says his…slots”: Ibid., p. 376.

“mismanagement and possible misconduct”: Report of the Independent Counsel.

“Well, this is a…it”: Ibid.

“Well, I had…antennae”: Stewart,
Blood Sport,
p. 263.

Though the White…an hour: Drew,
On the Edge,
p. 174.