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...Reform party is split between those who relish the taste of populist bile in their mouths and those who believe the party can one day gain the influence to help fix what is broken in American politics. The first half has hailed pundit-cum-politician Pat Buchanan with a lusty come-aboard; the latter group, led by grappler-turned-governor Jesse Ventura, has begun to throw candidates at the would-be GOP ship-jumper, in the hopes that someone else ? anyone else ? will carry the Reform flag toward higher political ground, and not downhill. Someone who will help keep...
...persuaded that the Reform Party, with its access to state ballots and millions of dollars in federal matching funds, can finally be the platform for his nationalist and anti-free-trade arguments and his anti-Washington populism. "My gut tells me he's going to make the shift," says Pat Choate, Perot's '96 running mate, who behind the scenes has been urging Buchanan to quit the G.O.P. "He's frozen out of the Republican Party. We'll give him an incredible forum...
...Reform nomination. Bush allies argue privately to Buchanan that the party is a snake pit of jealousies between Ventura and Perot that would sink his candidacy, and they have warned that if he leaves the G.O.P., he can never come back. According to a Bush ally, "We told Pat, 'Lose the [Reform] nomination, and you're a man without a country.'" The Bush camp has also argued that Ventura will use his power as Reform's ranking officeholder to thwart Buchanan's bid. Last week, they got help with this idea when Ventura told the congressional paper The Hill that...
...this must fuel Buchanan's ego. "Pitchfork Pat," as his supporters call him, is proving to be the leading annoyance to patrician politicians named George Bush. If he stymies W.'s aspirations the way he hindered his old man, don't count on the "love" to linger...
...PAT BUCHANAN Reform Party woos America Firster, while G.O.P. begs him to stay. Make book, Pat...