Taylor Branch: The Clinton Tapes
Taylor Branch and Bill Clinton parted ways after a grave political defeat. In 1972, they ran George McGovern’s presidential campaign in Texas. He lost by 30 points to Richard Nixon. After that, Branch said to the audience at the RAND Corporation, “I would be lying to you if I said I thought he would be the future president of the United States.” Branch, disillusioned with the political world that had so enthralled him during the Civil Rights era, turned to journalism (and to writing about that time in three …
