Authors: Edward Klein
“Hang 'em high, Hillary”
:
Roger Simon, “Hillary Rope-a-Dopes Press, but Who's the Dope?,”
Politico
, July 7, 2015,
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/roger-simon-hillary-clinton-press-119777.html
.
To Goodwin's ear
:
Michael Goodwin, “Two-Faced Hill Razer,”
New York Post
, May 20, 2015.
CHAPTER 29: ON THE “PRECARIOUS LEFT EDGE”
“Hillary has kept Bill on the sidelines”
:
Interview with a Clinton confidant who requested anonymity.
Bill told his advisers
:
Interview with anonymous sources who spoke directly with Bill Clinton.
“If his advice is asked for”
:
Ben Kamisar, “Bill Won't Campaign for Hillary in 2015, Aides Say,”
Ballot Box
(blog),
Hill
, May 11, 2015,
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/241605-bill-wont-campaign-for-hillary-in-2015-aides-say
.
“Hillary Rodham Clinton is running the most liberal”
:
Anne Gearan, “Clinton Is Banking on the Obama Coalition to Win,”
Washington Post
, May 17, 2015,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/running-to-the-left-hillary-clinton-is-banking-on-the-obama-coalition-to-win/2015/05/17/33b7844a-fb28-11e4-9ef4-1bb7ce3b3fb7_story.html
.
CHAPTER 30: “A HYDRA-HEADED BEAST”
they were worried sick
:
This chapter is based on a series of interviews with an anonymous source who spoke on several occasions with
Hillary and Bill Clinton about how the 2016 election campaign impacted their family.
CHAPTER 31: “IT'S GONE WAY TOO FAR”
Barack Obama could hardly contain his excitement
:
This chapter is based on a series of interviews with sources who spoke directly with Valerie Jarrett about her discussions with the president and Mrs. Obama regarding Hillary Clinton.
EPILOGUE: THAT OLD CAR SMELL
“Has American culture become gross”
:
Stan Latreille, “An Old Fogey Sounds Off on Coarsening of Language, Dress, Music, Manners,” Livingston Post, December 9, 2013,
http://thelivingstonpost.com/an-old-fogey-sounds-off-on-coarsening-of-language-dress-music-and-manners/
.
“I am glad that I'm not raising kids today”
:
Nick Gillespie, “Society Is Coarserâbut Better,”
Time
, October 9, 2013,
http://ideas.time.com/2013/10/09/yes-society-is-coarser-and-better/
. Emphasis in original.
“The cruel, perverse and obscene”
:
Jacques Barzun,
From Dawn to Decadence
(New York: Harper Perennial, 2001).
“I think the American people”
:
Zeke J. Miller, “Obama: Voters Want âNew Car Smell' in 2016,”
Time
, November 23, 2014,
http://time.com/3601329/obama-new-car-election-2016/
.
“Nobody wants to go to a fund-raiser”
:
Maureen Dowd, “Hooray for Hillarywood?,”
New York Times
, May 30, 2015,
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/opinion/sunday/maureen-dowd-hooray-for-hillarywood-hillary-clinton.html
.
Her “favorability” with that cohort
:
Josh Kraushaar, “Hillary Clinton's Quiet Self-Sabotage,”
National Journal
, May 26, 2015,
http://www.nationaljournal.com/against-the-grain/hillary-clinton-s-quiet-self-sabotage-20150526
.
“Warren has suggested”
:
David Frum, “Run, Warren, Run,”
Atlantic
, January 13, 2015.
“[Hillary] is so terrified of losing Iowa”
:
Mark Halperin, “Hillary Clinton Is Terrified of the Left,” Bloomberg Television, April 16, 2015,
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/videos/2015-04-16/mark-halperin-hillary-clinton-is-terrified-of-the-left
.
“On the party's favorite issue of income inequality”
:
Ed Rogers, “The Insiders: How Will Clinton Reconcile Her Past with Her Platform?,”
Washington Post
, June 8, 2015,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/06/08/the-insiders-how-will-clinton-reconcile-her-past-with-her-platform/
.
Hillary's “magnitude of experience”
:
Brent Budowsky, “The Magic of Bill Clinton,”
Hill
, May 20, 2015,
http://thehill.com/opinion/brent-budowsky/242732-brent-budowsky-the-magic-of-bill-clinton
.
“Becoming the first female president”
:
Richard Cohen, “Just Being Hillary Clinton Isn't Enough,”
Washington Post
, August 12, 2013,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/richard-cohen-just-being-hillary-clinton-isnt-enough/2013/08/12/3734074c-037c-11e3-a07f-49ddc7417125_story.html
.
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Abacha, Sani,
126
Abedin, Huma,
24
,
66
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72
,
81
,
97
,
115
,
122
,
140â41
,
182
,
212
    Â
background of,
77â78
    Â
double dipping,
79â80
Affleck, Ben,
160
AFL-CIO,
157
African Americans,
24â25
,
52
,
93
,
156
Alinsky, Saul,
102
Allen, Woody,
199
Almanac of American Presidents
,
The
(Barone),
134
Amanpour, Christiane,
213
America,
16â18
,
21
,
77
,
122
,
128
,
160
,
208
    Â
coarsening of,
228â30
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culture of,
51
,
227â28
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foreign policy of,
74
,
86
,
134
,
151
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213
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money to Haiti,
124
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politics in,
52
,
55â56
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117
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119
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129
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134
,
147
,
149
,
162
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174
,
212â15
,
227â28
,
235â37
American Bridge PAC,
120
Andrew, Prince,
198â200
Ansar al-Sharia,
122
Avenue Capital,
98
B
Baltimore, MD,
24â25
Barbara Lee Family Foundation,
9
Bardack, Lisa,
30
Barone, Michael,
134
Barzun, Jacques,
230
Benenson, Joel,
170
    Â
e-mails about,
87
,
123
    Â
as a Hillary scandal,
23
,
134
,
236
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known to be dangerous,
87
,
121â22
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“What difference does it make?,”
43
,
151
Bergdahl, Bowe,
151
Bernstein, Carl,
42
Beschloss, Afsaneh,
99
Bevan, Tom,
131
Biden, Beau,
185
    Â
death of son,
185
    Â
as possible challenger to Hillary,
109
,
185
,
225â26
Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation,
17
,
92
.
See also
Clinton Foundation
Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport,
12
billionaires,
17
,
12
,
125
,
197
,
199
,
209
Bird, Jeremy,
170
Blair, Diane,
47
Blankfein, Lloyd C.,
98
Blood Feud
(Klein),
120â22
,
150
,
172â73
“Bloody Sunday,”
191
Blumenthal, Sidney,
xiâxiii
,
87
,
110
â
11
,
119â20
,
122
Boston Globe
,
178â79
Broaddrick, Juanita,
200
Browning, Dolly Kyle,
200
Buchanan, Pat,
151
Bush, George W.,
61
,
133
,
143
,
191
,
214
,
231
,
234
C
Canada,
128
Cancro, Robert,
41
Caputo, Lisa,
46â47
Cayne, James “Jimmy,”
199
CBS News,
107
Cedar Falls, IA,
209
Chafee, Lincoln,
109
,
184
,
232â33
Chagoury, Gilbert,
126
Chappaqua, NY,
12
,
23â24
,
31â32
,
93
,
98
,
112
,
115
,
148
,
155
,
175
,
196
Cher,
160
Chinagate,
109
Chipotle,
212
Chozick, Amy,
207
Cillizza, Chris,
205â6
Citizens United
,
215
Clark, Wendy,
104
    Â
Clinton Foundation and,
17
,
20
,
91â95
,
193
,
219â20
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confrontation with Bill over foundation,
93â95
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“get caught trying” slip,
96
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as likely first lady to Hillary,
20
    Â
relationship with parents,
32
,
95
,
219â20
    Â
speaking fees,
17
Clinton, Hillary Rodham
    Â
absent from Selma event,
191â93
    Â
agreement with Obama White House,
xiiâxiii
,
73
,
111
    Â
anger issues,
42â43
,
72
,
195â96
    Â
appearance of,
147â49
    Â
bipartisanship in Senate,
48â49
    Â
David Geffen and,
55â56
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“dead broke” comment,
16
,
123
,
151
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distancing from Obama,
215
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e-mail scandal,
87
,
107â117
,
119â21
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137â38
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175
,
188
,
220â21
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FBI investigation of,
188â89
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220
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feud with Obamas,
71â76
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109â11
,
168â70
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172â75
,
177â82
,
188
,
224â25
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fights with Bill,
xii
,
10
,
195â96
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as first lady,
21
    Â
health,
28â32
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liberal credentials,
101â2
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likeability lessons,
3â6
,
102â3
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makeovers,
45â49
,
104â5
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as misanthrope,
40â41
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Oprah and,
51â54
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paid speeches,
7â8
,
17
,
151â52
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parents of,
38â40
,
42
    Â
“personality deficit,”
58
    Â
rebranding of,
104â5
    Â
reliance on Bill,
37â38
,
91
    Â
scandals and,
23
,
129
,
133â35
,
152
,
236
    Â
as secretary of state,
65â69
,
71â83
,
85â87
,
119â31
,
137
,
139â44
,
151
,
175
    Â
sees self as victim,
xvâxvi
    Â
shamelessness,
21
    Â
as similar to Claire Underwood,
10
    Â
2008 campaign.
See
2008 presidential primary
    Â
2016 campaign,
15
,
23
,
25
,
80
,
91
,
133â37
,
155â57
,
184
,
205â10
,
218â20
,
231â36
    Â
unlikeability of,
41
,
49
,
57
,
61
,
149â51
,
232
    Â
visit to Kennedy Compound,
160â62
Clinton, William Jefferson “Bill”
    Â
absent from Selma event,
191â93
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advice for Hillary,
3â4
,
31
,
72â73
,
81â83
,
143â44
,
147â48
,
155â58
,
214
    Â
agreement with Obama White House,
xiiâxiii
,
73
,
111
    Â
David Geffen and,
55â56
    Â
dealings during Hillary's time at State,
87
,
119â31
,
137
,
140â41
    Â
excellent at politics,
152â53
    Â
feud with Obamas,
xii
,
109â11
,
168â70
,
172â75
,
177â82
,
188
,
224â25
    Â
as first gentleman,
19â21
    Â
frequent conversations with Hillary,
10
,
91
    Â
health,
25â28
    Â
impeachment,
66
,
133â34
,
236
    Â
Jeffrey Epstein and,
195â202
    Â
lifestyle of,
10â21
,
82
,
94â95
    Â
1992 presidential campaign,
24
,
45
    Â
Oprah and,
52â53
    Â
out of loop on Hillary's campaign,
211â13
    Â
paid speeches,
7â8
,
15â16
    Â
pardons granted,
55â56
    Â
political infidelity of,
13â14
,
27
    Â
popularity of,
16
    Â
relationship with Marc Mezvinsky,
97â98
    Â
shamelessness,
21
    Â
as similar to Frank Underwood,
10
    Â
visit to Kennedy Compound,
160â62
Clinton administration,
53
,
55
,
75
,
102
,
113
,
156
,
233â34
Clinton Cash
(Schweizer),
126â27
Clinton Foundation,
17
,
123
,
198
,
209â10
,
213
    Â
as access to Clintons,
18
    Â
agreement with Obama White House regarding,
xiii
,
73
,
87
    Â
control of,
32â34
,
91â95
,
219
    Â
Donna Shalala and,
32â34
,
193
,
219
    Â
Doug Band and,
93â95
    Â
foreign donations to,
xiiâxiii
,
73
,
110â11
,
126â31
,
188â89
,
232
    Â
Hillary's work for while at State,
23
,
125â26
,
130
,
135
,
137
,
139â44
,
175
,
189
,
232