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On the day after Super Tuesday, he quipped that, because of my strong showing in the southern primaries, he would consider me as his vice-presidential running mateThe next day he, too, was in the Midwest, questioning my character, my record as governor, and my electabilityFor him the character issue was the middle-class tax cutA new poll showed that around 40 percent of the American people also doubted my honesty, but I doubted that they were thinking about the tax issue There was nothing to do but stick to my strategy and press onIn Michigan, I visited the small town of Barton, near Flint, where a large majority of the residents had come from Arkansas, looking for jobs in the auto industryOn March 12, I spoke in Macomb County, near Detroit, the prototypical home of the Reagan Democrats, voters who had been lured away from our party by Reagans anti-government, strong-defense, tough-on-crime messageIn fact, these suburban voters had begun voting Republican in the 1960s, because they thought the Democrats no longer shared their values of work and family, and were too concerned with social programs, which they tended to see as taking their tax money and giving it to blacks and wasteful bureaucrats I told a full house at Macomb County Community College that I would give them a new Democratic Party, with economic and social policies based on opportunity for tiffany style necklace and responsibility from all citizensThat included corporate executives earning huge salaries without regard to their performance, working people who refused to upgrade their skills, and poor people on welfare who could workThen I told them we couldnt succeed unless they were willing to reach across racial lines to work with all people who shared those valuesThey had to stop voting along the racial divide, because the problems are not racial in natureThis is an issue of economics, of values The next day, I gave the same message to a few hundred black ministers and other activists at the Reverend Odell Joness Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in inner-city DetroitI told the black audience, many of whom had Arkansas roots, that I had challenged the white voters in Macomb County to reach across the racial divide, and now I was challenging them to do the same, by accepting the responsibility part of my agenda, including welfare reform, tough child-support enforcement, and anti-crime efforts that would promote the values of work, family, and safety in their neighborhoodsThe twin speeches got quite a bit of attention, because it was unusual for a politician to challenge Macomb County whites on race or inner-city blacks on welfare and crimeWhen both groups responded strongly to the same message, I wasnt surprisedIn their heart of hearts, most Americans know that the best louis vuitton new bags social program is a job, that the strongest social institution is the family, and that the politics of racial division are self-defeating In Illinois, I visited a sausage factory with black, Hispanic, and Eastern European immigrant employees to highlight the companys commitment to giving all employees who hadnt finished high school access to a GED programI met a new citizen from Romania who said he would cast his first vote for meI worked in the black and Hispanic communities with two young activists, Bobby Rush and Luis Gutierrez, both of whom would later be elected to CongressI toured an energy-efficient housing project with a young Hispanic community leader, Danny Solis, whose sister Patti went to work for Hillary in the campaign and has been with her ever sinceAnd I marched in Chicagos StPatricks Day parade, to the cheers of supporters and jeers of opponents, both enhanced by the beer that was in ample supply at bars along the parade route Two days before the election, I debated Paul Tsongas and Jerry Brown on television in ChicagoThey knew it was make-or-break time, and they went after meBrown grabbed the spotlight with a harsh attack on Hillary, saying that I had steered state business to the Rose firm to increase her income and that a poultry company her firm represented got special treatment from the Department of Pollution Control and Ecology gucci laptop bags because of herThe charges were ridiculous and the vehemence with which Jerry made them angered meI explained the facts, as I had done when Frank White attacked Hillarys law practice in the 1986 governors raceThe Rose firm had represented the State of Arkansas in the bond business since 1948It represented the state against the utilities that wanted Arkansas to pay for the Grand Gulf nuclear plantHillary had all legal fees paid by the state deleted from the firms income before her partnership share was calculated, so she didnt receive any benefit from them, as even rudimentary research would have shownMoreover, there was no evidence that the Rose firms clients secured special favors from any state agencyI shouldnt have lost my temper, but the charges were plainly baselessSubconsciously, I suppose I also felt guilty that Hillary had been forced to defend me so much, and I was glad to be able to rise to her defense Everyone who knew her knew she was scrupulously honest, but not everyone knew her, and the attacks hurtOn the morning after the debate, we were shaking hands at the Busy Bee Coffee Shop in Chicago when a reporter asked her what she thought of Browns chargesShe gave a good answer about trying to have both a career and a family lifeThe reporter then asked if she could have avoided the appearance of a conflictOf course, thats exactly what she did and what fake gucci tote bag she should have saidBut she was tired and stressedInstead, she said, I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was fulfill my profession, which I entered before my husband was in public lifeAnd Ive worked very, very hard to be as careful as possible, and thats all I can tell you The press picked up the tea and cookies remark and played it as a slam on stay-at-home mothersThe Republican culture warriors had a field day, portraying Hillary as a militant feminist lawyer who would be the ideological leader of a Clinton-Clinton administration that would push a radical feminist agendaOver the years, I dont know how many times Id heard her champion the importance of ensuring choices for women, including the choice to stay home with their children, a decision most mothers, single and married, simply couldnt afford anymoreAlso, I knew she liked to bake cookies and have her women friends for teaWith one off-the-cuff remark, she had given our opponents another weapon to do what they did bestdivide and distract the voters It was all forgotten the next day when we won in Illinois, Hillarys home state, with 52 percent to 25 percent for Tsongas and 15 percent for Brown, and in Michigan, with 49 percent to 27 percent for Brown and 18 percent for TsongasIf Browns attack on Hillary had any effect, it probably hurt 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