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Bill Clinton: “No, and I hadn't even decided to run then. And when I did decide to run, I think my mother was the only person who…”

On the recordNovember 9, 1997
No, and I hadn't even decided to run then. And when I did decide to run, I think my mother was the only person who thought I had a chance to win. But that's the miracle of the American system. The thing that we have in Presidential campaigns, if you become the nominee, is that everybody hears your message. Mr. Russert. When you first started running in '92, was it kind of a trial run for '96, and----
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