But those who bet against a Clinton are often in for some surprises. One occurred when marital scandal and prostate cancer drove New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, 56, the Republican favorite, out of the race. His replacement, U.S. Rep. Rick Lazio, 42, proved a less than potent foe. On the campaign trail, moreover, Hillary, 53, showed she'd learned a thing or two from Bill. "You should have seen her at the Polish Villa diner," says U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), who joined Mrs. Clinton's Upstate swing. "She knew how to work the crowd." As the candidate listened to life stories in each of the state's 62 counties (often joined by daughter Chelsea, 20, on leave from Stanford), her poll numbers climbed. And on Nov. 7 the woman the media once dubbed "co-President" answered the question critics had asked for eight years: Who elected her? "Thank you, New York!" she crowed. After standing by her man from Yale through the Monica mess, she had effected a remarkable role reversal. Come January, with Chelsea at school and Bill out hustling to pay the bills, that big house in Chappaqua may stand empty, but Congress will have to make room for one outsize personality. "Hillary," forecasts New York's senior senator, Charles Schumer, "is going to knock the socks off both sides of the floor."
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