61. James Ylisela Jr., “Under the Radar: ‘Radar Is a Work in Progress,’ Says Yusef Jackson. ‘I Think We’re Still Finding Our Editorial Voice,’” Chicago magazine, July 2007; Keith Kelly, “New Blip on Radar-Roshan’s Resurrected Magazine Hits Newsstands,” NYP, February 9, 2007; Phil Rosenthal, “Yusef Jackson Lands on Media Map with Radar,” CT, June 30, 2006; Matthew Karnitschnig, “Radar Returns for a Third Try in the Buzz Business Blog and Big Backers Help Give Latest Launch Shot at Success; Editor Is Still a Favorite Target,” WSJ, February 26, 2007.
62. Deborah Solomon, “Friend of Bill and Hill,” NYT mag, March 18, 2007.
63. Irena Medavoy, Interview with author, October 23, 2006.
64. Ibid.
65. Maureen Dowd, “Obama’s Big Screen Test: Hillary Is Not David Geffen’s Dreamgid,” NYT, February 21, 2007.
66. Jennifer Steinhauer and David M. Halbfinger, “Et Tu, David? A Lucrative Friendship Sours,” NYT, February 23, 2007.
67. Darius Anderson, Interview with author, December 21, 2006; Eric Alterman, “The Hollywood Campaign: Want Big Money to Get Elected to National Office? If You’re a Democrat, You Need to Head for the Hills-Beverly Hills. A Miner’s Map, for the Liberal Gold Rush,” Atlantic Monthly, September 2004; John R. Emshwiller and Merissa Mart, “Return to Treasure Island: Hollywood’s Moguls Compete to Raise Cash for Democratic Candidates. Whose .House Is Better?” WSJ, March 17, 2007; Stephen Braun and Dan Morain, “Famous Allies Were Often at Odds; David Geffen Shocked Many by Speaking Out Against Hillary Clinton. But He and Bill Clinton Had a Rocky Friendship,” LAT, March 4, 2007; James Rainey,“2 Southland Billionaires Make Case to Buy Tribune; Eli Broad, Ron Burkle Meet with Panel Also Reviewing Offer by The Times’Founding Family,” L AT, January 21, 2007; Ben Casselman and Christina S. N. Lewis, “‘Underpriced’ at $100 Million,” WSJ, August 24, 2007.
68. John M. Broder and Patrick Healy, “How a Billionaire Friend of Bill Helps Him Do Good, and Well,” NYT, April 23, 2006; James Sterngold,“Enmeshed in Scandal; Billionaire Ron Burkle Claims to Eschew the Spotlight but Finds Himself the Center of Attention,” San Francisco Chronicle, May 2, 2006.
69. Darius Anderson, Interview with author, December 21, 2006; Jared Paul Stern, Interview with author, July 18, 2006; Geraldine Fabrikant and Laura Holson, “Odd Couple Ponder Bid for Tribune,” NYT, January 16, 2007; Bill Toland, “Reclusive Penguins Investor Now Makes Headlines,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 11, 2006; William Sherman, “The Billionaire, the Post and the $220G Shakedown; Page Six Writer Wanted $$$ to Stop Inaccurate Coverage,” NYDN, April 7, 2006; Matthew Miller, “The Rise of Ron Burkle,” Forbes, December 11, 2006; Vanessa Grigoriadis, “Billionaires Are Free; and, These Days, a Dime a Dozen. But Even for Today’s B Boys, There Are Some Things Money Can’t Buy,” NY mag, November 6, 2006.
70. “LAT 100 Most Powerful,” LAT, August 13, 2006; James Rainey, “2 Southland Billionaires Make Case to Buy Tribune; Eli Broad, Ron Burkle Meet with Panel Also Reviewing Offer by The Times’ Founding Family,” LAT, January 21, 2007; Sarah Ellison, “Dow Jones Hears Alternative Proposals; Burkle and Greenspan Present Plans to Vie with News Corp,” WSJ, July 11, 2007.
71. Deborah Solomon, “Friend of Bill and Hill,” NYT mag, March 18, 2007; Jeremy W. Peters, “Radar Magazine Rises from the Ashes Again,”NYT, June 29, 2006; James Ylisela Jr., “Under the Radar:‘Radar Is a Work in Progress,’ Says Yusef Jackson. ‘I Think We’re Still Finding Our Editorial Voice,’” Chicago magazine, July 2007; John Kass, “If You Ask Obama, Then Ask All of Them,” CT, March 4, 2007.
72. Patrick Healy, “For Clintons, Delicate Dance of Married and Public Lives,” NYT, May 23, 2006.
73. Interview; source wishes to remain anonymous.
74. Interview; source wishes to remain anonymous.
75. Darius Anderson, Interview with author, December 21, 2006; Interview; source wishes to remain anonymous.
76. John R. Emshwiller, “Controversy, by the Truckload Battle for Car Hauler Puts Spotlight on Burkle’s Dealings,” WSL May 2, 2007.
77. Interview; source wishes to remain anonymous.
78. Patrick Creadon, Interview with author, October 31, 2006.
79. Jared Paul Stern, Interview with author, July 18, 2006; Deborah Solomon,“Friend of Bill and Hill,” NYT mag, March 18, 2007; James Sterngold,“Enmeshed in Scandal; Billionaire Ron Burkle Claims to Eschew the Spotlight but Finds Himself the Center of Attention,” San Francisco Chronicle, May 2, 2006; Campbell Robertson, “Billionaire and Post Writer in a Dance of Tips and Turns,” NYT, April 12, 2006.
80. Choire Sicha,“Jared Paul Stern Is Slouching Back with Book, Lawsuit,” NYob, October 23, 2006; Robert Lee Hotz, “Cleared Gossip Writer Says He’ll Sue; A Page Six Contributor Says Extortion Claims by Ron Burkle Ruined Him,” LAT, January 25, 2007.
81. James Barton,“Contributor to Gossip Column Won’t Be Charged,” NYT, January 24, 2007; Maureen Dowd, “Can He Crush Hillary?” NYT, June 17, 2007; Robert Lee Hotz, “Cleared Gossip Writer Says He’ll Sue; A Page Six Contributor Says Extortion Claims by Ron Burkle Ruined Him,” LAT, January 25, 2007.
82. Jared Paul Stern, Interview with author, July 18, 2006, e-mail to author, November 6, 2007; James Barton and Campbell Robertson, “Page Six, Staple of Gossip, Reports on Its Own Tale,” NYT, May 19, 2007; Michael Calderone, David Foxley, and Felix Gillette, “Did Page Six Kill ‘Numerous’ Items on the Clintons?” NYob, May 22, 2007.
83. Mike Medavoy, Interview with author, October 19, 2006; Fox News, March 25, 2007.
84. Anne-Marie O’Connor, “He’s Giving Himself Quite a Name; Politics: Haim Saban’s $7-million Donation to Democrats Cements the L.A. Rainmaker’s Clout,” LAT, March 23, 2002; Sharon Waxman and Bill McAllister, “Clinton Draws Comfort and Cash on Trip; Ignoring Protests and Silent on Scandal, President Raises Millions in Major States,” WP, September 28, 1998.
85. Anne-Marie O’Connor, “He’s Giving Himself Quite a Name; Politics: Haim Saban’s $7-million Donation to Democrats Cements the L.A. Rainmaker’s Clout,” LAT, March 23, 2002.
86. Alan Solomont, Interview with author, August 14, 2006.
87. Ibid.; Tovah Lazaroff, “TAU Opens New US Policy Institute,”Jerusalem Post, January 18, 2002; Federal News Service, “Remarks by Former President William J. Clinton and Others at Inauguration of the Saban Institute for the Study of the American Political System,” January 20, 2002.
88. Alan Solomont, Interview with author, August 14, 2006.
89. Corky Hale, Interview with author, October 12, 2006.
90. Landon Thomas Jr., “Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery,” NY mag, October 28, 2002.
91. “Murky World of Clinton Pal,” NYP, October 20, 2002; Landon Thomas Jr., “Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery,” NY mag, October 28, 2002; Robert Sam Anson, “Bill and His Shadow,” VF, June 2004; Nicole Janok, “Mystery Money Man Faces Soliciting Charge,”Palm Beach Post, July 24, 2005.
92. Landon Thomas Jr., “Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery,” NY mag, October 28, 2002.
93. Ibid.; “Murky World of Clinton Pal,” NYP, October 20, 2002.
94. Palm Beach police documents; Gawker, July 27, 2006; Nicole Jan&,“Mystery Money Man Faces Soliciting Charge,” Palm Beach Post, July 24, 2005.
95. Vanessa Grigoriadis, “Billionaires Are Free; And, These Days, a Dime a Dozen. But Even for Today’s B Boys, There Are Some Things Money Can’t Buy,” NY mag, November 6, 2006.
96. Interview; source wishes to remain anonymous.
97. Joan Fleischman, “Face Cards: Two S. Florida Fugitives in ‘Wanted’ Deck,” Miami Herald, May 22, 2004; “Gore Returns to S. Florida, Political Arena,” Miami Herald, February 27, 2002.
98. Robert Sam Anson, “Bill and His Shadow,” VF, June 2004.
99. Interview; source wishes to remain anonymous.
100. David M. Halbfinger and Allison Hope Weiner, “Hollywood Evidence Raises Questions,” NYT, April 12, 2007; “The New Establishment 2007,” VF, October 2007.
101. John R. Emshwiller and Merissa Mart, “Return to Treasure Island: Hollywood’s Moguls Compete to Raise Cash for Democratic Candidates. Whose House Is Better?” WSJ, March 17, 2007; Philip Sherwell, “Hollywood’s Glitterati Line Up for Obama” Sunday Telegraph, February 19, 2007; David M. Halbfinger, “Politicians Are Doing Hollywood Star Turns,” NYT, February 6, 2007.
102. Terry McAuliffe, with Steve Kettmann, What a Party/My Life Among Democrats, Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators, and Other Wild Animals, St. Martin's Press, Thomas Dunne Books, 2007, p. 225.
103. Interview; source wishes to remain anonymous.
104. Irena Medavoy, Interview with author, October 23, 2006.
105. Robert Sam Anson, “Bill and His Shadow,” VF, June 2004.
106. Interview; source wishes to remain anonymous.
107. Don Fowler, Interview with author, February 14, 2007.
108. Charles Manatt, Interview with author, November 27, 2006.
109. Conrad Black, Interview with author, December 14, 2006; Robin Givhan, “Hillary Clinton’s Tentative Dip into New Neckline Territory,”WP, July 20, 2007.
110. Interview; source wishes to remain anonymous.
111. David Schulte, Interview with author, December 8, 2006.
112. Interview; source wishes to remain anonymous.
113. Interview; source wishes to remain anonymous.
114. Ron Fournier, “Clinton at Ease: Cutthroat Card Games,” AP, October 27, 1996.
115. Michael Kobold, Interview with author, October 27, 2006.
116. Ibid.; Patrick Creadon, Interview with author, October 31, 2006.
117. Mark Buell, Interview with author, August 22, 2006.
118. Lou Susman, Interview with author, May 30, 2006; John Schmidt, Interview with author, August 9, 2006; Robert Sam Anson, “Bill and His Shadow,” VF, June 2004; editorial, BG, November 7, 2004; Elizabeth Fulk and Peter Savodnik, “Some Red-State Democrats Facing Balancing Act with Dean at DNC,” The Hill, February 10, 2005.
119. Robert Sam Anson, “Bill and His Shadow,” VF, June 2004.
120. Hank Sheinkopf, Interview with author, August 21, 2006.
121. Lou Welsbach, Interview with author, July 11, 2006.
122. Simmie Knox, Interview with author, September 18, 2006.
123. Bridgette Bartlett, “Making History,” Essence, December 2004.
124. Simmie Knox, Interview with author, September 18, 2006.
125. Lucy Howard, Bret Begun, and Susannah Meadows, “Periscope,”NW, February 26, 2001; Simmie Knox, Interview with author, September 18, 2006.
126. Simmie Knox, Interview with author, September 18, 2006.
127. Kevin Freking, “Ceremony Introduces Portraits of Clintons,” A D-G, June 15, 2004; AP, “Bill Clinton’s Stepfather,” February 1, 2007; Delia M. Rios, “Bushes, Clintons Forge Surprising Bond; Familial Rivalry Transforms into a Friendship,” Newhouse News Service, June 19, 2005.
128. Gary Hart, Interview with author, November 15, 2006; George McGovern, Interview with author, November 1, 2006.
129. Larry King, Interview with author, October 28, 2006.
130. Douglas Brinkley, Interview with author, September 14, 2006.
131. Janis Kearney, Interviews with author, June 2, 2006, September 15, 2006.
132. Christopher Ogden, Interview with author, August 29, 2006.
133. Jonathan Alter, Interview with author, August 10, 2006.
134. Jonathan Alter, Interviews with author, July 7, 2006i August 10, 2006.
135. Ibid.
136. Donna Shalala, Interview with author, September 25, 2006.
137. Leon Panetta, Interview with author, October 17, 2006.
138. Interview; source wishes to remain anonymous.
139. Leon Panetta, Interview with author, October 17, 2006.
140. Douglas Brinkley, Interview with author, September 14, 2006.
141. Jake Siewert, Interview with author, January 15, 2007.
142. Vartan Gregorian, Interview with author, December 14, 2006.
143. Douglas Brinkley, Interview with author, September 14, 2006.
144. Theodore Sorensen, Interview with author, August 16, 2006.
145. Larry Sabato, Interview with author, July 31, 2006.
146. Christopher Ogden, Interview with author, August 29, 2006.
147. Elaine Kamarck, Interview with author, October 10, 2006.
148. Paul Greenberg, Interview with author, October 4, 2006.
149. Kane Webb, Interview with author, February 6, 2007.
150. Bob Minzesheimer,“Clinton’s Hefty Memoir Flies Off Shelves,”USA Today, June 24, 2004.
151. Ibid.; Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg,“Clinton’s ‘Giving’ Book Is Slated for Fall Season,” WSJ, July 11, 2007; “Correction,” NYT, June 13, 2004; Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts,“At the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, Politics and Strange Bedfellows,” WP, November 28, 2007 (reports sales of 2.5 million and advance of $10 million).
152. Bob Minzesheimer, “Clinton’s Hefty Memoir Flies Off Shelves,”USA Today, June 24, 2004; Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, “At the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, Politics and Strange Bedfellows,” WP, November 28, 2007 (claims 1.5 million sold).
153. Ibid.; Christine Simmons, AP, August 20, 2007.
154. Irena Medavoy, Interview with author, October 23, 2006.
155. Robert Sam Anson, “Bill and His Shadow,” VF, June 2004.
156. Interview; source wishes to remain anonymous; Alan Solomont, Interview with author, August 14, 2006.
157. Lou Susman, Interview with author, May 30, 2006.
158. Irena Medavoy, Interview with author, October 23, 2006.
159. Interview; source wishes to remain anonymous.
160. Jonathan Alter, “Writing the Book of Bill,” NW, August 20, 2001.
161. Jennifer Senior, “Bill Clinton’s Plan for World Domination; Clear Your Schedule for His Third Inauguration, Here in New York in September,” NY mag, August 22, 2005.
162. Conor Feehan, “Bill Swings into Action After His Marathon Book Signing Session,” Irish Independent, August 26, 2004,
163. Robert Torricelli, Interview with author, October 6, 2006.
164. Jennifer Senior, “Bill Clinton’s Plan for World Domination; Clear Your Schedule for His Third Inauguration, Here in New York in September,” NY mag, August 22, 2005.
165. Robert D. McFadden, “Clinton Suffers Pains in Chest; Surgery Is Set,” NYT, September 4, 2004; Lawrence K. Altman, “Clinton Operation Aims to Restore Blood Flow,” NYT, September 4, 2004; Susan Schindehette, Sharon Cotliar, Diane Herbst, Marianne V. Stochmal, Macon Morehouse, and Linda Kramer, “Midlife Crisis; Recovering Well from Quadruple Heart Bypass, Junk-Food-Loving Former President Bill Clinton Now Must Stick to a New Economic Plan-Low Fat, All the Time,” People, September 20, 2004.
166. Melanne Verveer, Interview with author, January 27, 2007.
167. Jake Siewert, Interview with author, January 15, 2007.
168. Robert D. McFadden, “Clinton Suffers Pains in Chest; Surgery Is Set,” NYT, September 4, 2004.
169. Terry McAuliffe, with Steve Kettmann, What a Party: My Life Among Democrats, Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators, and Other Wild Animals, St. Martin’s Press, Thomas Dunne Books, 2007, p. 359.
170. Leon Panetta, Interview with author, October 17, 2006; Susan Schindehette, Sharon Cotliar, Diane Herbst, Marianne V. Stochmal, Macon Morehouse, and Linda Kramer, “Midlife Crisis; Recovering Well from Quadruple Heart Bypass, Junk-Food-Loving Former President Bill Clinton Now Must Stick to a New Economic Plan-Low Fat, All the Time,” People, September 20, 2004.
171. Thomas Kean, Interview with author, January 22, 2007.
172. Anthony Campolo, e-mail to author, October 27, 2006; Susan Schindehette, Sharon Cotliar, Diane Herbst, Marianne V. Stochmal, Macon Morehouse, and Linda Kramer, “Midlife Crisis; Recovering Well from Quadruple Heart Bypass, Junk-Food-Loving Former President Bill Clinton Now Must Stick to a New Economic Plan-Low Fat, All the Time,”People, September 20, 2004.
173. Larry King, Interview with author, October 28, 2006.
174. Victor Fleming, Interview with author, November 2, 2006.
175. Phil Ross, Interview with author, October 19, 2006.
176. Bill Clinton, interview by Sanjay Gupta, Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees, CNN, August 24, 2005; Susan Schindehette, Sharon Cotliar, Diane Herbst, Marianne V. Stochmal, Macon Morehouse, and Linda Kramer, “Midlife Crisis; Recovering Well from Quadruple Heart Bypass, Junk-Food-Loving Former President Bill Clinton Now Must Stick to a New Economic Plan-Low Fat, All the Time,” People, September 20, 2004.
177. Jim Schachter, Interview with author, May 3, 2007.
178. Bill Clinton, interview by Sanjay Gupta, Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees, CNN, August 24, 2005.
179. Beryl Anthony, Interview with author, October 3, 2006.
180. Susie Tompkins Buell, Interview with author, September 5, 2006.
181. Jim Guy Tucker, Interview with author, November 13, 2006.
182. Donna Shalala, Interview with author, September 25, 2006.
183. Jonathan Alter, Interview with author, August 10, 2006.
184. George McGovern, Interview with author, November 1, 2006.
185. Adam Nagourney and David M. Halbfinger,“The Democratic Nominee: Kerry Enlisting Clinton Aides in Effort to Refocus Campaign,”NYT, September 6, 2004.
186. AP, January 5, 2007, from Terry McAuliffe, with Steve Kettmann, What a Party: My Life Among Democrats, Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators, and Other Wild Animals, St. Martin’s Press, Thomas Dunne Books, 2007.
187. Susie Tompkins Buell, Interview with author, September 5, 2006.
188. Interview; source wishes to remain anonymous.
189. Corky Hale, Interview with author, October 12, 2006.
190. Lou Susman, Interview with author, May 30, 2006; Interview-source wishes to remain anonymous; Noam Scheiber,‘Over-Billed;’ The New Republic, February 13, 2008.
191. R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., The Clinton Crack-up: The Boy President’s Life After the White House, Thomas Nelson, 2007, p. 189.
192. Elaine Kamarck, Interview with author, October 10, 2006.
193. Tony Coelho, Interview with author, September 5, 2006.
194. Stan Brand, Interview with author, September 13, 2006.
195. Interview; source wishes to remain anonymous.
196. Greg Norman with Donald T. Phillips, The Way of the Shark: Lessons on Golf, Business, and Life, Atria, 2006, p. 311.