In september, after the democrats' feel-good convention, Bill and Hillary Clinton were "not rejoicing" over the president's lead in the polls, said a close adviser. "Neither one wants to tempt fate." Clinton's whole career had been a series of wild rides; an easy finish in this race, Clinton's last, seemed inconceivable. The First Couple remained hostile to the media, still suspicious that reporters, in their determination to add suspense to the horse race, would dredge up some ancient or petty scandal. Clinton believed, said this aide, that there was a "tacit conspiracy between the press and the Washington in crowd, which has always believed that Clinton is a rube and that it is their duty to bring him down."
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