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Charles Allen titled his 1992 book about Bill Clinton The Comeback Kid. It is an appropriate name, for the President has again and again overcome adversity – much of it by his own making – to achieve his goals and become one of the more popular presidents of his time.

Bill Clinton overcame an unstable childhood growing up first with his grandparents, and then with his mother and stepfather, Roger Clinton. Although Roger Clinton often beat his wife and his natural son Roger Jr., Bill managed to excel in school and his extra curricular activities. His hard work got him to Georgetown University, then to Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship, and finally to Yale Law School (where he met his wife Hillary Rodham). A setback in a Congressional election in Arkansas did not deter him from a career in politics. After becoming the state attorney general, he went on to become governor in 1978, the youngest in Arkansas history. Although he lost the next election, he came b...

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