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White's pedigree was especially important to Clinton. The 19 million people who voted for Perot represent the nation's political balance of power. To ensure his re-election and garner the support he needs for his programs, Clinton must have the Perot constituency in his corner. His challenge is analogous to Richard Nixon's in 1968. Following that election, the George Wallace vote was up for grabs. The Wallaceites were mostly Democrats, and they could have reverted to their traditional home, but Nixon lured them to the G.O.P. with his Silent Majority rhetoric...
...even after Perot's mercurial conduct, he is poised to garner the votes of perhaps 21 million Americans today, if last week's polls prove correct. Still, that may be one of the smallest ironies in a movement full of them...
...most prominent independents before Anderson--segregationists George Wallace and Strom Thurmond, in 1968 and 1948, respectively--did garner some electoral votes, but not enough to be a factor in Nixon's election or Truman's re-election. So, like his independent predecessors, Perot will emerge as merely a footnote in this election...
...means of pulling the country together. Ronald Reagan and Lee Atwater taught Bush the politics of division, wedge issues and smear. But when times are tough, the nation will coalesce only around a message of promise. Clinton rejected the hatred of rap singer Sister Souljah but stands poised to garner a larger percentage of Black voters than even Mondale. He rejected the redistributionalism of the left but has drawn some of its most prominent intellectuals to his ranks. His rhetoric, at base, inspires inclusion...
Bamberger said that yesterday's congregation was a reflection of the primary strategy of the Clinton campaign: to garner widespread support...