“If you’re going to keep staring at me and I’m going to keep staring back, we ought to at least know each other’s names.  Mine’s Hillary Rodham,” said Bill Clinton, describing the moment in 1970 when he met the woman who five years later would become his wife.¹

Bill Clinton was born on August 19, 1946.  “I spent so much time on the cabinet that I hardly spent any time on the White House staff,” said Clinton, admitting one of his major mistakes after he was elected that was costly for the nation.

Clinton’s failure to appoint a White House staff until six days before his inauguration as the 42^nd president led to fighting between campaign and transition staffs before he began work as commander-in-chief, when the rapid pace of work in the Oval Office no longer provided him the extra time he needed to figure out the differences that confused him in office between supporting organizations and the White House staff. Continue reading →