What A Party, by Terry McAuliffe: on Principles & Values

Bill Clinton: 1980: Became youngest ex-governor in US history

Bill Clinton: 1994 Lincoln Bedroom Memo: "start overnights right away"

"Well, unfortunately for you, Terry, the President turned the memo over and wrote a note on the back saying, "Ready to start overnights right away,'" she said. Thus the famous Lincoln Bedroom Memo.

"Okay, but it doesn't have anything to do with me," I said. "He didn't write that note to me. I didn't even get a copy of the memo back."

"Terry, I know you didn't get it back," she said. "I'm just letting you know this is going to be news." An AP reporter was about to move a story saying that I wrote a memo to the President recommending that he use the Lincoln Bedroom for fund raising. I have never written the words 'Lincoln Bedroom' in my life.

George Bush Sr.: OpEd: Pardons in Iran-Contra covered up his own involvement

Bush was also interfering with Judge Lawrence Walsh's ongoing federal investigation. Judge Walsh was so outraged, he said that "the Iran-Contra cover-up, which has continued for more than 6 years, has now been completed." The pardons stopped 2 pending cases and nullified one conviction and three guilty pleas.

The Iran-Contra affair should be taught in detail to every high school student in America. Cynical secret deals with our enemies to win elections will always come back to haunt their perpetrators later.

Gerald Ford: On youth apathy: I could never sit on the sidelines

Hillary Clinton: Comfortable in conservative agricultural settings

Anyone who has spent more than a couple of minutes talking to Hilary knows that the caricature of Hillary as some kind of intellectual who can't relate to normal people is just so laughable. Like a lot of people from Chicago, Hillary has a no-nonsense, down-home side to her personality, friendly and relaxed, that gave her a great chance in upstate New York, so long as she came across as herself. Also, the agricultural setting of much of upstate New York felt very comfortable to Hillary, who had grown up not far from Illinois farm country and had spent much of her childhood in eastern Pennsylvania, where her father was born.

Hillary Clinton: OpEd: World-class worrier when it came to money

"Hillary, please quit worrying," I told her at one point. "You're driving me crazy. It's going to be done."

"I know, I know," she said, almost apologetically. "That's just who I am."

Jeb Bush: OpEd: Delivered FL in 2004, by robbing blacks of their votes

The bigger scandal was that even in the aftermath of Election Day, with the outcome hanging in the balance, we did not fight hard enough. Instead, we let the Republicans outwork us and out-organize us. We should have called immediately for a recount of the whole state, since that would have been fair to everyone and easy to explain. Instead, we let them steal it from us. To me that episode was the defining moment for our party in the last 25 years.

Terry McAuliffe: My values: patriotism, family, religion, Democratic Party

I talked to my dad every day on the phone right up until he passed away in front of the TV on New Year's Eve 2000, watching [his favorite quarterback on] the Philadelphia Eagles.

The old man was my best friend and to this day his values are my values: patriotism, family, religion, and the Democratic Party. My father made sure I understood from an early age that what mattered most in life was getting out there and making a difference, working through the Democratic Party to make people's lives better and always standing up for your convictions.

Terry McAuliffe: We let GOP steal Florida from us in 2004

The bigger scandal was that even in the aftermath of Election Day, with the outcome hanging in the balance, we did not fight hard enough. We should have had our scrappiest, most determined people down there working to protect the integrity of the process. Instead, we let the Republicans outwork us and out-organize us. We should have called immediately for a recount of the whole state, since that would have been fair to everyone and easy to explain. Instead, we let them steal it from us. To me that episode was the defining moment for our party in the last 25 years.

Terry McAuliffe: Met future wife at age 16 at Jimmy Carter fundraiser

Iris Swann and I hit it off immediately, even though Richard had forgotten to tell his wife that I'd be showing up with my suitcase and staying with the family for 3 weeks. I met the dog and all 4 of their kids, including their oldest, Dorothy, who at the time had just turned 16. After that I became almost part of the family.

"Richard, I have figured out who Dorothy is going to marry," Doris said. "Who do you think it is?"

"Okay, who?" Richard said halfheartedly. "The kid down the street? The school quarterback?

Doris cut him off. "No, stupid," she said. "Terry!"

"Terry? Good Lord, he's old enough to be her father."

"Don't be silly," she said. "He's 22 and she's 16. By the time she's old enough to get married, it will be an ideal age difference."

Terry McAuliffe: Hospitalized while running 1984 NYC marathon

With the temperature reaching 79 degrees, I knew I should back off my usual pace, but I hate trying to slow down. I was so overheated, my body temperature had climbed to 106 degrees. I looked like hell. "Get him out of the race!" people shouted.

I heard, but the words were distant and incomprehensible and felt like they had nothing to do with me. I started weaving sideways back and forth. I had totally lost my mind. The last thing I remember is coming down a hill and crossing a bridge into Harlem. Just after the bridge you had to make a sharp turn, but I kept going straight and ran right into the crowd. That was the best thing I did all day, because everyone could see I had fried my brain. They rushed me by ambulance to Harlem Hospital with IV's stuck into me and plunged me into a giant tub of ice water.

Terry McAuliffe: 1994 Lincoln Bedroom Memo scandal: donations for access

"What memo could possibly be controversial enough to make news?" I asked Cheryl. She read the memo aloud and I recognized it right away as the one I had written just after my breakfast with the President in late December 1994, when he was dejected after the midterm loss. "Okay, I'm fine with that," I said. "So what?"

"Well, unfortunately for you, Terry, the President turned the memo over and wrote a note to Nancy Hernreich on the back saying, "Ready to start overnights right away,'" she said. Thus the famous Lincoln Bedroom Memo.

"Okay, but it doesn't have anything to do with me," I said. "He didn't write that note to me. I didn't even get a copy of the memo back." I have never written the words 'Lincoln Bedroom' in my life.

Terry McAuliffe: 2000: Biggest fundraiser of all time: $26.3M in one night

Walter Mondale: Believed passionately that government was there to help