Collision Course For Bruce Lindsey?

On Election Night, frenzied Clintonites cheered the President's victory speech outside the Old State House in Little Rock. But one adviser was nowhere to be found. A weary Bruce R. Lindsey had passed out in a chair in a nearby hotel suite. The Presidential confidant was roused from his slumber by a beeper message from his concerned daughter. The dazed dad agreed to meet his family for a victory dinner. At midnight. At the International House of Pancakes.

Not exactly the glamorous life of a Beltway insider. But that's the life of the 49-year-old Arkansas lawyer--who may be the President's best friend and most trusted adviser. While most Washington pols crave the limelight, Lindsey avoids it. He travels everywhere with Bill Clinton, plays hearts with the boss, yet eschews the usual trappings of power. And in a town of $1,000 suits, he prefers an old blazer.