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...part because he seemed to be forgetting the lessons he had learned about arrogance. He refused to answer questions about his party's fund-raising practices; this week the White House dribbled out new details of additional meetings between shadowy lobbyists and Administration officials, including the President. Ross Perot's sure slide toward oblivion was halted by his claim that he was the only guy in the race with clean hands...
Clinton's final unpretty week cost him heavily among Republicans, independents and even evangelicals who were prepared to cross over to the Democratic ticket. Of voters who decided in the last week, 47% went for Dole, 35% for Clinton and 17% for Perot. Many actually sent their message by not voting at all: turnout fell below 50%, to the lowest level since...
...donors. Clinton had designed his fund-raising juggernaut to ensure a big win, but now public disgust with his money machine threatened to whittle down the size of his victory margin. Clinton desperately wanted to get more than 50% of the vote. As some undecided voters broke for Ross Perot, Clinton's own polls showed him hovering just below the magic number. To make matters worse, the White House was caught off guard by the Huang story. No one plotted a rapid response. No one was deputized to handle the flood of press inquiries...
...telephone on Nov. 2 among one adult registered American voter, age 18 or older. The margin of error is plus or minus 0%. So, Bob Dole? "You know I like Bob Dole," my father says. "I think I like him better in the Senate than as a presidential candidate." Perot? "Too nutty." Clinton? "He's talking about education--that's the only way to make this country great." Dad, if the election were held Tuesday (which it is), whom would you vote for? "The President," he said, before turning back to the football game on the tube...
...wearing his price tags on his sleeve, was content to call for a bipartisan commission to take the issue "out of politics." But both candidates have little standing on the issue: Clinton did propose a bill in 1994, but he never pressed for it. So it fell to Ross Perot to lend credibility to the cause last week, and his poll numbers quickly began rising into double digits across several closely fought states. "If I am your President," he said, "we will put a sign all across Washington--NOT FOR SALE AT ANY PRICE...