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Walk along Newbury Street and watch thebeautiful people cruise past dress shops andgourmet restaurants in their BMW convertibles. Andremember to check out the funky dresses and shirtsat Betsey Johnson...
...when Morris helped Clinton reinvent himself politically and develop the "permanent campaign" strategy that Clinton still employs. Possibly apocryphal stories abound about the two men staying up all night writing campaign commercials and of Clinton decking Morris over a disagreement about Clinton's treatment of his chief of staff, Betsey Wright. Coming to terms with his own increasing conservatism, Morris decided in 1988 to consult for pay only for Republicans, although he continued to talk to Clinton as a friend. They remain an odd couple. Clinton has tried to be the voice of moderation, while Morris...
...nailing down that fact, Maraniss may have done his most awe-inspiring piece of reporting. The author was able to get Clinton's former Chief of Staff and chief protector, Betsey Wright, to tell him on-the-record about a conversation they had when he was mulling a bid for the presidency...
...Prize for his articles on Clinton's formative experiences, Clinton decided against running for President in 1988 in part out of fears that rumors of extramarital affairs would scuttle his chances and destroy his Family. Maraniss quotes extensively from on-the-record interviews with longtime Clinton friend and aide Betsey Wright, who described sitting down with Clinton and ``listing the names of women he had allegedly had affairs with and the places where they were said to have occurred.'' They went over the list twice, Maraniss writes, trying to figure out which women might tell their stories to the press...
...biography of President Clinton claims that he decided against running for the office in 1988 for fear of stories about extramarital affairs. "First In His Class," by Washington Post staff writer David Maraniss, says Clinton dropped the idea of running that year after his then-top aide, Betsey Wright, listed the names of women with whom he had been rumored to be involved, and then advised him to forgo the race out of deference to his wife and daughter. Maraniss writes that Wright "was convinced that some state troopers were soliciting women for him and he for them." Wright said...