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Carl Bernstein -- who is scheduled to speak at the Barnes & Noble, Preston at Royal at 7 p.m. Tuesday -- had the first standing-room-only event of the weekend that I attended. And his discourse on Hillary Clinton kept the crowd enthralled from beginning to end. I thought I knew a bit about Mrs. Clinton, but his insights seemed sharp and especially timely, given her prospects in the upcoming primaries. I have always thought of her as a purely political creature. Her foundation, he says, is in religion and family. “It turns out, her religiosity is the key to everything,” he says. Her dedication to family, he says, helps explain why she never left Bill Clinton despite his infidelities. He noted how unlikely it would have seemed a few years ago to be talking about her as a serious presidential contender. But he notes her ambition: The very moment the Senate was voting at the climax of the impeachment crisis, she was in an office with Harold Ickes, going over a map of New York, analyzing her prospects for a Senate run. “She pulled it off,” he said. “Don’t underestimate her.” His remarks were mostly nonpartisan, but the crowd showed its leanings toward the end of his discussion, when he discussed the prospects of a woman being elected president. He noted that Ms. Clinton was certainly viable; he suggested that Kay Bailey Hutchison would have been as well. Then he added, “We certainly couldn’t do much worse than we have done.” To which the Austinite crowd erupted with riotous applause. We reviewed his book favorably when it came out, but his comments made me want to go out and get a copy myself. |
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