Text: And yet (no doubt largely because congressional Republicans were overplaying their hand), the public gave Clinton more support than had ever been enjoyed by Richard Nixon (personal  67 percent) or even Ronald Reagan (personal  68 percent--mass adulation of Ronald Reagan being a largely retrospective phenomenon).
Entailment: They noted that the public gave the one president more support than their predecessors received.
Contradiction: The president was the most hated person in their country.