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...knew either were surprised. Both are confiding, forgiving men, welcoming to almost all comers and still nursing bruises from their time in office. Clinton told a reporter that because Bush had to reconcile with someone who had beaten him, he merited the most praise for making the partnership work. "I think he deserves far more credit than I do," said Clinton...
...summer it was obvious that the partnership also had mutual political benefits: Bush's closeness conferred a statesmanlike legitimacy on Clinton and washed away some of the grime of impeachment. For Bush, the arrangement made it more likely that Clinton's criticism of Bush 43 would be delivered in a gentler, less personal way. "Like all relationships between human beings, this one is complex," said an aide to 43 and 41. "There is real affection, coupled with mutual need...
Bush and Clinton shook off a barrage of griping--interference, they called it--from longtime allies who said each was being used by the other. A veteran Bush aide tells TIME he pressed 41 about the partnership in a call last summer and was abruptly waved off. "Don't start with me," Bush told him. "Clinton's been very deferential, and we've been doing good things." When Clinton got the same treatment from a well-known Democratic operative this fall, an aide reports that he exploded and said, "This is much more important than politics...
...week. Many of the checks, moreover, came from people who attached notes making clear that in part they had been moved to give by the sight of the former rivals joining force. Mark Ward, a USAID official who worked closely with Bush and Clinton this year, said the unprecedented partnership changed the way Americans think about charitable aid. "They were able to get the attention of people in the U.S. who didn't give money to problems overseas before. Even my mother said, if these two could come together, she would find...
TIME Your partnership struck a chord with the American people this year. How come...