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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. The three-page memo to Hillary Clinton came from a veteran Democratic operative trying to prepare her for the perils of campaigning for a New York Senate seat.

I strongly urge that a comprehensive book be prepared on all of the personal issues, such as Whitewater, Vince [Foster], Rose law firm, commodities trading, Monica, etc., wrote Harold Ickes. This book should include all of the tough questions that you will be asked (and, if you decide to run, you will be asked) in this regard.

Mr. Ickes sent the letter in April 1999, when the Monica Lewinsky scandal was still fresh and the first lady was mulling a Senate bid.

Fifteen years year later, Mr. Ickess advice still seems timely. Should Mrs. Clinton enter the 2016 presidential race, its doubtful shell be able to sidestep the old questions. And its not hard to visualize someone in the Clinton high command dusting off the book.

The Ickes memo is part of a trove of diary entries, letters and notes compiled by a woman who was one of Mrs. Clintons closest friends, the late Diane Blair. Earlier this month the Washington Free Beacon, an online conservative news site, broke a story about the Blair papers, which were donated to the University of Arkansas by her husband.

The papers focused attention anew on the controversies that dogged the Clinton White House.Mrs. Clinton, we learn from one Blair diary entry, viewed Ms. Lewinsky as a narcissistic loony tune.

But even before the Free Beacon report, some Republicans made clear the Lewinsky scandal is live campaign fodder.

Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.), a possible presidential candidate, castigated former President Bill Clinton for predatory behavior in an interview last month on NBCs Meet the Press.

Some Republicans say this is all fair game. The Clintons, they argue, will no doubt showcase pieces of the 90s that present them in the most favorable light. So, if Mrs. Clinton gets to talk about job growth and budget surpluses, some Republicans say its only fair to flag the unappealing parts of the record.

Its important to make sure that theres a more complete picture of what the Clinton era in D.C. was like, said Tim Miller, executive director of America Rising, a super PAC intent on blocking Mrs. Clintons path to the White House. To that extent, youll find people talking about it on our side.

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Hillary Clinton: Time to Dust Off the Book?