DURING HIS EIGHT YEARS at TIME, Michael Duffy has studied the mysteries of the Pentagon, covered the Gulf War as a pool reporter on the cruiser U.S.S. Fox and examined the workings of the Bush presidency. But, says the White House correspondent, few stories have proved as daunting as this week's attempt to understand and describe the way President Clinton arrives at decisions, "The State of Bill Clinton."
$ Duffy spoke with 70 White House officials for the story, but he still believes that he has only glimpsed the inner workings of this President's mind. At least he isn't alone: many...