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.
Seventeen: And Not to Yield
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.
315 They developed case histories: Int. Fred Altshuler, June 24, 1993.
315 The room was somber: Ints. Michael Conway, June 18, 1993, and Robert Sack, June 22, 1993.
315 She stood in the back: Int. Terry Kirkpatrick, April 5, 1994.
316 she was “at sea”: Int. Taylor Branch, Feb. 28, 1993.
316 “You have to be three hundred percent”: Int. Terry Kirkpatrick, April 5, 1994.
316 She went to dinner: Int. Fred Altshuler, June 24, 1993.
316 She and Clinton had even worried: Int. Paul Fray, May 3, 1994.
317 “I mentioned to her”: Int. Wylie Davis, March 31, 1994.
317 “Hillary came in dressed”. Int. Mort Gitelman, June 21, 1993.
317 Ehrman was horrified: Int. Sara Ehrman, Jan. 31, 1993.
318 She persuaded Alan Stone: Int. Alan Stone, March 7, 1994.
318 Stone would remember: Ibid.
318 “Kind of frantic”: Ibid.
Eighteen: Running with the Boy
319 One morning during the spring: Ints. Ron Addington, March 31, 1994, and April 23, 1994; Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.
319 In the early stages: Int. Ron Addington, April 23, 1994.
319 “Well, how long”: Ibid.
320 “why he was down there”: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.
320 But there were stacks of: Ints. Ron Addington, April 23, 1994; Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994; and Neil McDonald, May 4, 1994.
320 “the staff tried to ignore it”: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.
320 “Hillary had put the hammer”: Ints. Paul Fray, April 25, May 3, and May 23, 1994.
321 “about broke down and cried”: Ibid.
321 He began with 12 percent: Ints. Ron Addington, April 23, 1994, and Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.
321 “Bill’s knowledge and facility”: Int. J. Bill Becker, Jan. 7, 1992.
321 “more interested in finishing”: Int. Jim Daugherty, April 6, 1994.
321 At the “Y” City Café: Int. Diane Kincaid Blair, June 10, 1993.
321 On the road between stops: Ints. Ron Addington, April 23, 1994, and Harry Truman Moore, June 15, 1994.
322 “Do we really have to go?”: Int. Morriss Henry, July 16, 1993.
322 Fulbright had raised and spent: Ints. James Blair, June 10, 1993, and Lee Williams, May 12, 1993.
322 Clinton intended to assist: Int. James Blair, June 10, 1993.
323 The theme of the reunion: Int. Phil Jamison, May 13, 1994.
323 “the most prominent graduate”: Hot Springs Sentinel-Record, July 11, 1974.
323 “Lots of them”. Ibid.
324 Jamison was cornered: Int. Phil Jamison, May 13, 1994.
324 The documentary record: Int. Ed Howard, July 19, 1993.
324 “He told me what he said”: Int. Paul Fray, April 25, 1994.
324 He called the unit commander: Int. Ed Howard, July 19, 1993.
325 According to Fray: Ints. Paul Fray, April 25 and May 23, 1994.
325 He did not know: Int. Ed Howard, July 19, 1993.
325 The Lees were old friends: Ints. Mike Lee, May 13, 1994, and Suzanne Lee, May 25, 1994.
325 “went into a stall”: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.
326 Clinton’s mother came home: Leading, p. 205.
326 Everyone at campaign headquarters: Ints. Doug Wallace, April 14, 1994, and Paul Fray, April 25, 1994.
326 When Clinton told Diane Kincaid: Int. Diane Kincaid Blair, June 10, 1993.
326 “Virginia loathed Hillary then”: Ints. Mary Lee Fray, April 25 and May 3, 1994.
327 “She was someone you had”: Int. Rudy Moore, June 10, 1993.
327 he was still involved: Ints. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1993; Paul Fray, April 25, 1993; and Mary Lee Fray, April 25, 1993.
327 “‘Go take her somewhereߣ”: Ints. Mary Lee Fray, April 25 and May 3, 1993.
327 Rodham took her own place: Ints. Rafael Guzman, April 4, 1994, and Terry Kirkpatrick, April 5, 1994.
327 To some Arkansans: Int. Woody Bassett, June 21, 1993. Also Arkansas Law Journal (Fall 1993).
328 “unusual ability to absorb”: Int. Woody Bassett, June 21,1993.
328 Most members of the law school: Ints. Wylie Davis, March 31, 1994; Mort Gitelman, June 21, 1993; and Rafael Guzman, April 4, 1994.
328 “She would not sit for idle”: Int. Mort Gitelman, June 21, 1993.
328 “a prodigious worker”: Int. David Newbern, April 6, 1994.
328 “If you are looking for a battleground”: Copy of Clinton speech, Sept. 13, 1974, in Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.
329 Clinton packed the fall convention: Ints. Paul Fray, April 25, 1994; Doug Wallace, April 14, 1994; and Steve Smith, July 15, 1993.
329 “We have come together”: Clinton speech, Sept. 13, 1974.
330 “It was wonderful to work”: Int. Steve Smith, July 15, 1993.
330 “If we do not reverse”: Sept. 23, 1974. From Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.
330 “Bill planed more blocks”: Int. Ron Cecil, Jan. 3, 1994.
330 Powell came to Fayetteville: Ints. Steve Smith, July 15, 1993; Jody Powell, Sept. 8, 1994; and Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.
331 “Find a dramatic way”: Notes of Powell meeting, Sept. 5, 1974, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.
331 He wore the khaki work uniform: WP, March 22, 1992: “In Arkansas, the Game Is Chicken,” David Maraniss and Michael Weisskopf.
331 But 1974 was a difficult year: Schwartz, From Farm to Market, p. 23.
331 Don Tyson stayed in the shadows: Ints. Paul Fray, April 25, 1974, and Doug Wallace, April 21, 1974.
332 “certainly not Bill Clinton”: Int. Brenda Blagg, July 29, 1993.
332 “We’re trying to get a copy”: Ints. Steve Smith, July 15, 1993; Neil McDonald, May 4, 1994; and Ron Addington, April 23, 1994.
332 “This was his first race”: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.
333 “butt prints”: Int. Brenda Blagg, July 29, 1993.
333 heard rumors at his church: Int. John Baran, April 25, 1994.
333 “some conservative preachers”: Ints. Mary Lee Fray, April 25 and May 3, 1994.
333 “They were trying to pin Bill”: Int. Neil McDonald, May 4, 1994.
333 “Paul wanted to play hardball”: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.
333 When he entered the apartment: Int. Randy White, April 11, 1994.
334 “Bill … tried to lecture him”: Int. Neil McDonald, May 4, 1994.
334 forgotten to pay his utility bills: Ints. Ron Addington, March 31 and April 23, 1994.
334 “The damage done”: Undated campaign memo, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.
334 “It’s like the widow’s mite”: Int. David Matthews, May 24, 1994.
335 His temper was an accepted part: Ints. Ron Addington, March 29, 1994; Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994; B. A. Rudolph and Neil McDonald, May 4, 1994.
335 “He’d say, ‘Don’t everߣ”: Int. Harry Truman Moore, June 15, 1994.
335 “They’d have the biggest damn fights”: Int. Ron Addington, April 23, 1994.
335 “Our organization went to shit”: Ibid.
335 “She … rubs people the wrong way”: Undated Wallace memo, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.
336 “Paul was rough around”: Ints. Doug Wallace, April 21 and May 11, 1994.
336 Rodham took the ethical high ground: Ints. Paul Fray, April 25 and May 23, 1994; Doug Wallace, May 11, 1994; and Neil McDonald, May 4, 1994.
336 “The attorney already had”: Ints. Paul Fray, April 25 and May 23, 1994.
336 “She got adamant”: Ibid.
336 the mood was buoyant: The account of this election night is drawn from interviews with Harry Truman Moore, June 15, 1994; Paul Fray, April 25, 1994; Mary Lee Fray, April 25, 1994; Steve Smith, July 14, 1993; B. A. Rudolph and Doug Wallace, April 21, 1993; and Neil McDonald, May 4, 1994.
337 He then sent a telegram: Copy of telegram in Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.
338 Clinton drove to the square: Ints. Paul Fray, April 25, 1994; Mary Lee Fray, April 25, 1994; and Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.
Nineteen: Governor-in-Waiting
340 “The office of attorney general”: Wallace memo on 1976 elections, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.
340 This convenient assignment: Clinton News Release No. 6, April 13, 1976, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR: “Clinton has traveled extensively throughout the state speaking to groups about the Arkansas presidential primary law and the Democratic Party rules concerning delegate selection.”
341 At the legal clinic: Arkansas Law Journal (Fall 1993).
341 “People need the Lord”: New York Review of Books, Oct. 22, 1992. “A Doll’s House.” Also, conversation with author, Aug. 6, 1992.
341 It was left to Newcomb: Int. Robert Newcomb, May 7, 1994.
342 they would buy yogurt: Int. Diane Kincaid Blair, Aug. 19, 1994.
342 “a burst of patriotism”: Ibid.
342 They shared an apartment: Int. Neil McDonald, May 4, 1994.
342 Rodham and Clinton: Ints. Diane Kincaid Blair, June 10, 1993; James Blair, June 10, 1983; and Ann Henry, July 16, 1993.
342 “All we ever do”: Int. Carolyn Yeldell Staley, June 8, 1993.
342 She had heard Clinton complain: Int. Betsey Wright, Feb. 15, 1993.
342 Rodham and Clinton came over: Int. Diane Kincaid Blair, Aug. 19, 1994.
343 “Hillary was very curious”: Int. Ann Henry, July 16, 1993.
343 “‘Look at Eleanor Roosevelt!ߣ”: Ibid.
344 Ellis encouraged her: Int. Carolyn Ellis, Jan. 28, 1994.
344 When Rodham arrived back: Radcliffe, A First Lady, p. 147.
344 “was looking more at life”: Int. Ann Henry, July 16, 1993.
344 The one concession: Int. Bettie Lu Lancaster, July 27, 1994.
344 It was a traditional: Int. Victor Nixon, Aug. 2, 1994.
344 Hughie Rodham’s vast underestimation: Int. Betsy Johnson Ebeling, Sept. 27, 1994.
345 That morning at the Fayetteville: Leading, p. 219.
345 “the gregariousness of Bill”: Int. Ann Henry, July 27, 1994.
345 Clinton took along a copy: Int. Bill Clinton, January
20, 1992.
345 Clinton also wrote thank-you: Int. Bettie Lu Lancaster, July 27, 1994.
345 The old boys: Rhodes class letter, American Oxonian (1975), Bob Reich, secretary.
346 Clinton took an unpaid leave: University of Arkansas Law School records.
346 “My opponent in the last election”: Copy of letter to Patricia M. Garlid, Denver, April 28, 1976, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.
346 He made his formal campaign announcement: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994. Copy of press announcement, March 17, 1976, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.
346 He was relieved when: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1993.
347 Clinton turned to Governor Pryor: Int. David Pryor, June 29, 1993. Also, Jernigan, As They Know Him, p. 75.
347 Newspaper ads listed: Materials used in ads in Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.
347 Jernigan later acknowledged: As They Know Him, p. 74.
347 “This morning as I drove up”: Speech transcript, April 10, 1976, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.
348 State labor leaders: Int. J. Bill Becker, Jan. 7, 1992. Also, Arkansas Democrat, April 18, 1976, p. 1: “Clinton won’t get labor’s backing this time around.”
348 “And we had to move away”: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.
348 In one labor questionnaire: Response to Arkansas Advocate questionnaire, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR. When he appeared before the AFL-CIO, Clinton said: “I know what is uppermost in your minds is the conflict between your efforts to amend the right-to-work law and my statements about it. From our past experience together, you know I am not inclined to dodge an issue and I did not dodge that one.”
348 At the graduation ceremonies: 1976 campaign document, April 27, 1976, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.
349 “More and more”: Keynote speech at Little River Bi-Centennial Celebration, May 2, 1976, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.
349 He thought he might take every ballot: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.
349 As his thirtieth birthday approached: Int. Bill Clinton, January 20, 1992.
349 If he was not obsessed: Ibid
349 “All is madness here”: Letter to Betsey Wright, no date.
350 When Carter visited Little Rock: Copy of list of Arkansans Carter was to write thank-you letters to after visit, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.
351 “Divorce him and stay here!”: Int. Mort Gitelman, June 21, 1993.
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