Friends of Hillary (Alpha Women Remain Elusive)

Wall Street Journal ^ | 8 December 2007 | MONICA LANGLEY

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No doubt all that you said is true. But there is one thing that everyone forgets about Hillary and Bill. That is, they are both consummate networkers. They have spent thousands of hours networking with the high, the not so high and downright low. Bill began his run for office by giving his consultant a packed and detailed Rolodex to work off of.

All of this paid off. When they need assistance or support there are thousands ready to defend or encourage them.

This quality is much more common in successful, high level people than one would anticipate. I know, now someone will bring up Gates or Sergei, but they were not originally dependent on contacts and networking in order to make their technological efforts work. But most politicians have no real claim to fame other than their people skills.