Word: gridlocking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Perot is a one-man band. The fact that one man alone could have had such a meteoric rise begs explanation. Yes, the country is disgusted with Washington gridlock. Yes, both parties have put up maddening mediocrities. Yes, America lionizes tycoons and is occasionally seized with the belief that they -- Henry Ford, assorted Rockefellers, most recently Lee Iacocca -- can save the country. And, yes, Perot has $100 million to blow...
...spectacular rise has been fueled by his image as an anti-politician, even though he has shown an intuitive mastery of political skills. While some experts -- and his rivals -- contend that a man who lacks years of hands-on government experience stands no chance of cutting through the gridlock in Washington, Perot's supporters have made his very lack of an electoral resume into a virtue. Other candidates debate proposals for coping with the deficit and various complex issues. Perot vows that he can solve problems that have baffled other politicians "without breaking a sweat," often adding, as a precaution...
...institution of the presidency, to the institution of the Congress. Yet I don't think the public is ready to give the entire government to one party. They like divided government. They don't trust either political party. I am frightened by the prospect of four more years of gridlock if we have four more years of a Republican President and a Democratic Congress...
According to Perot and his supporters, the political world is a mess. Gridlock and stagnation rule the day. The only people with voices are the special interests represented by the Washington lobbyists who are corrupting our glorious democratic system. Perot is the White Knight--ready to ride in from his outsider, above-the-fray, private-sector perch and purify democracy...
INTERVIEW: A Man Who Would Be Boss. Perot explains how he would break Washington's gridlock...