BOOK EXAMINES THE CLINTON'S LOVE -- FOR POWER

Excerpt: ‘For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton’
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Sally Bedell Smith studied Bill and Hillary’s marriage, shared desire

Author Sally Bedell Smith talks to TODAY’s Ann Curry about Bill and Hillary’s marriage and their fascination with power.

They say politics makes strange bedfellows, and for Bill and Hillary Clinton that could not be more true. In Sally Bedell Smith's new book, “For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton: The White House Years,” she examines the Clinton marriage, revealing that their unique relationship is held together by a love of political power. Here's an excerpt:

From Chapter One
TIME: “John Kennedy said that after he was elected, he began to think in terms of who it was he had to have in the room when he made the really big decisions. For him, that was Robert Kennedy. Who is it for you?”
BILL CLINTON: “Hillary.”

With that simple one-word reply in December 1992, Bill Clinton adumbrated the complications that would bedevil his presidency. CONTINUE READING....

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