HILLARY Rodham Clinton could become the next President of the United States. In A Woman in Charge, Carl Bernstein – one of the heroes of the Watergate scandal in his days on the Washington Post – shows a deep understanding of a woman who emerged from a st

HILLARY Rodham Clinton could become the next President of the United States.

In A Woman in Charge, Carl Bernstein - one of the heroes of the Watergate scandal in his days on the Washington Post - shows a deep understanding of a woman who emerged from a staunch Republican upbringing to become a leading Democrat: and one of the leading contenders for the party's Presidential nomination.

Bernstein's account is both compelling and detailed as he looks at the life of a woman who, after all, has been the First Lady when President Bill Clinton occupied the White House for eight years.

Over the years Bernstein has been overshadowed by his Post colleague Bob Woodward, but here he reclaims his reputation of a skilled writer.