Word: gore
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...time Ross Perot got around to making his ominous threat last Tuesday night, many viewers may already have tuned out. Al Gore had seemingly won the NAFTA debate on points, and there was a temptation to begin writing the Texan's political obituary for the next day's papers. But just three minutes before the end of the encounter, a stymied and annoyed Perot leaned into the camera and confided, "The whole House of Representatives is running in 1994, and a third of the Senate. We've got a little song we sing: 'We remember in November when we step...
...exchange drew no headlines, probably because it was Perot's personal vulnerability that stole the show. In a TIME/ CNN poll taken after the debate last week, only 18% of those surveyed said Perot won the debate, vs. 47% for Gore. Perot's overall popularity has fallen too. Just 35% said they have a generally favorable impression of him, down sharply from over 52% last summer. What kind of President would Perot make? A bad one, said 57% of those in the TIME/ CNN survey...
...quit or were fired when independent-minded franchises clashed with Perot's Dallas-based lieutenants. At least 100 offshoots disenchanted with Perot sprang up. "Nobody is happy all the time," admits UWSA spokeswoman Sharon Holman. In fact, one New York dissident group has been so unhappy that it sent Gore a tip sheet before the debate, identifying Perot's personal hot-buttons...
Cartoonist Mark Alan Stamaty aims his acid pen at last week's bickering -- and intermittent discussion of free trade -- between Gore and Perot...
...week's end the vote still looked too close to call. The Administration was picking up a few more votes, but not as many as might have been expected after Vice President Al Gore emerged as the consensus winner in his TV showdown with Perot. The latest predictions from nose counters: NAFTA might win by two or three votes. But if it appears to be falling short, it will lose by 60 to 70, because many pro-NAFTA Representatives will not dare to provoke union and Perotista fury in a losing cause...