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...Democratic Senators, Gary Hart and Tim Wirth, in the 1980s. There were legendary Democrats from the region like Arizona's Mo Udall and Colorado's Patricia Schroeder serving in Congress. In 1992 Bill Clinton won Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona and Montana--albeit with a hefty assist from Ross Perot, who peeled votes away from George H.W. Bush in fiscally conservative, socially libertarian Mountain states like Montana, where Perot received 26.2% of the vote, his best statewide result...
...Democratic Senators, Gary Hart and Tim Wirth, in the 1980s. There were legendary Democrats from the region like Arizona's Mo Udall and Colorado's Patricia Schroeder serving in Congress. In 1992 Bill Clinton won Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona and Montana--albeit with a hefty assist from Ross Perot, who peeled votes away from George H.W. Bush in fiscally conservative, socially libertarian Mountain states like Montana, where Perot received 26.2% of the vote, his best statewide result...
Voters also don't take kindly to nonpoliticians: two businessmen, Wendell Willkie and Ross Perot, made serious runs for the White House, although neither came close. Americans will elect a political neophyte only if he passes the Hamilton test of pre-eminent ability. Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight Eisenhower had never held elective office, but they won their wars. Some Presidents pass both tests: Theodore Roosevelt fought well in the Spanish-American War and in New York State politics. Among the prospective 2008 candidates, only one has shown pre-eminent ability: Rudy Giuliani, in solving the crime problem...
...Orleans' Katrina-ravaged Ninth Ward, the locale underscored his central theme: a 21st century war on poverty. Geography often sends a message. Ronald Reagan launched his 1980 campaign in Philadelphia, Miss., and some saw this as a cynical appeal to white Southerners. In '92 Ross Perot declared on the set of Larry King Live, in keeping with his spontaneous nature. Al Gore tried out Carthage, Tenn., in 2000, but his home state ultimately rejected him. Contenders for 2008 will want to stress their strengths, and TIME has some backdrop suggestions for the candidates who haven't yet made it official...
Where's Ross Perot when you need him? As the year winds down, Congress is rushing to finish doling out money to federal programs. But amid all the haggling over deficit-reduction bills, some pet projects haven't exactly been put on the chopping block...