"To have someone from Arkansas running for president and trying to raise money in New Jersey should have been unheard of," Mr. Eakeley says. Bill Clinton 's friends came to his aid when charges of draft dodging were raised . A group from Harvard all knew of his anguish over his draft status . Later , when the drinking and womanizing issues threatened , friends like San Nunn and Zell Miller came to his rescue . Mr. Clinton has cultivated friends all his life and always maintained them through calls and notes . Individuals from Harvard , Oxford , Yale and the Renaissance policy school make up this group . They have helped him by raising money , managing campaigns and defending him in crises . Clinton knows how to make friends , and how to use them .
Bill Clinton 's friends came to his aid when charges of draft dodging were raised . A group from Harvard all knew of his anguish over his draft status . Later , when the drinking and womanizing issues threatened , friends like San Nunn and Zell Miller came to his rescue . Mr. Clinton has cultivated friends all his life and always maintained them through calls and notes . Individuals from Harvard , Oxford , Yale and the Renaissance policy school make up this group . They have helped him by raising money , managing campaigns and defending him in crises . Clinton knows how to make friends , and how to use them .