Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas (34 page)

Carney, Jay,
160
,
257

Carter, James (“Jimmy”),
16
,
87
,
150
,
221

Carville, James,
103–4
,
184

CBS News,
161
,
254

CBS This Morning
,
261

Center for American Progress,
116

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
142

Chappaqua, NY,
xi
,
109
,
174
,
177
,
201
,
271
,
275

Charlie Rose
,
25

Charlotte, NC,
104
,
106–7
,
111
,
115–17
,
126–27

Chicago, IL,
10
,
14
,
42
,
72–73
,
166–67
,
247
,
257
,
260

    
Obama presidential campaign and,
4
,
10
,
147
,
154
,
170

    
politics of,
14–15
,
29–32
,
36

“Chief Executive Obama,”
15–17

Chilmark, MA,
35

China Overseas Real Estate Development Corporation,
57–58

Christie, Chris,
106–7
,
269

Cicero,
129–30

Cincinnati (OH),
200

Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy,
85

Claremont Review of Books
,
154

Clinton, Chelsea,
196
,
230
,
233–35
,
274

    
and the Clinton legacy,
178
,
219–22
,
274

    
personal life of,
217–19

Clinton Democrats,
30

Clinton Foundation, the,
51
,
57
,
87
,
177
,
219
,
236
,
274

Clinton Global Initiative,
58
,
70
,
87
,
184

Clinton, Hillary Rodham

    
2008 presidential primary and,
14–15
,
59
,
184–86

    
Barack Obama and,
xiv
,
25–26
,
79–80
,
173
,
175
,
203–5
,
237–39
,
247–48
,
265–67

    
Benghazi and,
xvii–xviii
,
135–59
,
163
,
181–83
,
191–92
,
197–99
,
201–2

    
Chelsea Clinton and,
178
,
218–22
,
235

    
“Clinton Brand” and,
xviii
,
100–1

    
as first lady,
xiv
,
27
,
200

    
hatred of Republicans,
129

    
health of,
xiii
,
191–96

    
marriage of,
xv–xvi
,
51–52
,
63–65
,
109
,
166
,
178
,
186–87
,
200–1
,
233–34
,
265–66
,
273–77

    
memoirs of,
231–32

    
as “Most Fascinating Person,”
189–91

    
the Obamas and,
xi–xiii
,
24–26
,
44
,
58–59
,
211–15
,
258
,
263

    
plastic surgery and,
xiii
,
230–31

    
presidential ambitions of,
xii
,
xv
,
30
,
52–55
,
63–65
,
68
,
70–77
,
95–96
,
111–12
,
175
,
178
,
184–86
,
190–91
,
219–22
,
225–27
,
229
,
236–37
,
257
,
261–62
,
265–70
,
274–77

    
as secretary of state,
xii–xiii
,
26
,
44
,
51
,
57–61
,
135–59
,
181–83
,
203–4
,
227
,
245
,
250

    
Senate career of,
85

Clinton, Massie,
219

Clinton, Seamus,
110
,
115
,
219

Clinton, Tally,
219

Clinton, William Jefferson (“Bill”)

    
2008 presidential primary and,
xvi
,
23–25
,
55
,
85

    
2012 convention speech,
104
,
107
,
109–17
,
121
,
123–32
,
135
,
137
,
163

    
2012 presidential campaign and,
4
,
11
,
20–21
,
27
,
31
,
78
,
86
,
89
,
91–101
,
137
,
269

    
Barack Obama’s treatment of,
xi
,
xv
,
7
,
19–20
,
32–33
,
53–61
,
65
,
67–78
,
83–84
,
164–66
,
173–75
,
202–3
,
212–15
,
221–22
,
237–39
,
266
,
268

    
Benghazi and,
149–59
,
181–83
,
201

    
deal with Barack Obama,
32–33
,
67–80
,
202–5
,
222
,
237–38

    
health of,
xv
,
85–86
,
233
,
271–77

    
Hillary Clinton’s presidential ambitions and,
xvii–xviii
,
30–31
,
52
,
63–64
,
95
,
100–1
,
112
,
163
,
186–87
,
190–91
,
193
,
195–96
,
201–2
,
213
,
223–26
,
244–45
,
262–63
,
265–70
,
273–77

    
lifestyle of,
xv–xvi
,
51–52
,
177–80
,
220
,
232–33

    
marriage of,
xvi–xvii
,
63–64
,
186–87
,
200–1
,
221
,
233
,
266

    
the Obamas and,
4–5
,
24–27
,
44
,
50
,
211–12

    
plastic surgery of,
230

    
popularity of,
29–30
,
104–5
,
184–85
,
218–19

    
as president,
xiv–xv
,
3
,
15–16
,
41
,
105
,
138
,
200
,
262

Clooney, George,
93

Clyburn, James,
xiv

CNN,
75–76
,
85
,
91–92
,
96–97
,
100
,
119
,
155
,
158
,
160
,
192
,
200

Coast Guard Air Station,
34

Cohen, Richard,
242–43

Colorado,
165–66
,
257

Coltrane, John,
128

Compton, Ann,
9

Conference of American Mayors,
118

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation,
71

Consular Office (State Department),
139

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,
172

Cook Islands,
135

Cooper, Gary,
92–93

Cretz, Gene,
138

Crowley, Candy,
160

Cutter, Stephanie,
10

D

Daily Beast, the,
246

Daily Show
,
The
,
155

Daley, Richard,
14
,
32
,
36

Daley, William,
38
,
69–70
,
76
,
210

Danger, Carlos,
236

Davis, Lanny,
110

de Blasio, Bill,
249

debt ceiling, the,
19

Defense of Marriage Act,
172

DeGeneres, Ellen,
72

de la Renta, Oscar,
232

Democratic National Committee (DNC),
77
,
84
,
100
,
173–74
,
213
,
239
,
267

Democratic National Convention 2004,
35–36

Democratic National Convention 2012,
103–7
,
109–32
,
135
,
137
,
163–64
,
166
,
267
,
269

Democratic Party, Democrats,
3
,
61
,
129
,
150
,
152–52
,
164
,
167–68
,
249–52
,
259
,
261

    
2008 presidential primary and the,
xv–xvi
,
14–15
,
85

    
2012 presidential election and the,
30
,
63–64
,
75
,
103–5
,
107
,
118
,
137
,
164

    
2016 presidential election and the,
75
,
95
,
150
,
175
,
190

    
Bill Clinton’s standing in the,
7–8
,
21
,
30
,
53
,
55
,
89
,
94
,
105
,
113–14
,
184–85
,
203
,
265

    
control of the,
7–8
,
52
,
55
,
75
,
77
,
100–1
,
150
,
173–74
,
184–85
,
213
,
225
,
239
,
265–70

    
important members of the,
16
,
19
,
74

    
Obama’s standing in the,
xviii
,
7–8
,
30
,
36
,
64
,
113–14
,
126
,
128
,
170
,
172
,
211
,
242
,
255

Democratic primary 2008,
xiv–xvi
,
5
,
7
,
14–15
,
23
,
25
,
55
,
59
,
74
,
85
,
156
,
158
,
186
,
199–200
,
224
,
262
,
268
,
274–75

Dempsey, Martin,
245

Department of State (State Department),
158
.
See also
Foggy Bottom

    
Benghazi attacks and,
135–50
,
152–57
,
181–83

    
Hillary Clinton and,
xii–xiii
,
44
,
51
,
57–61
,
64
,
109
,
135–50
,
152–57
,
181–83
,
190
,
193
,
203
,
227
,
230–31
,
236
,
245

    
John Kerry and,
250–52

Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat
,
The
,
60

Donilon, Tom,
142
,
157

“Don’t Stop,”
124

Double Down
,
76
,
280