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...having trouble concentrating on the final presidential debate because I kept imagining Ross Perot watching alone in his Dallas mansion and yelling out the answer to every question the moment it was asked, like a particularly geeky member of Mensa taking in a week's worth of Jeopardy! tapes on Saturday night...
...Perot was not the only member of the nationwide debate audience cluttering up my mind. I also thought of my friend James, who was watching the sixth game of the National League playoffs on a muted television while listening to the debate on earphones...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: That's Ross for Boss, not Ross in a supporting role. Bob Dole's last-ditch effort to shake up the presidential race stalled when Ross Perot rebuffed Dole's request to withdraw from the campaign and throw his support to the Republican ticket. In a rare campaign speech before the National Press Club on Thursday, Perot called Dole's overture "weird and totally inconsequential" and said he was in the race to stay. Perot said he would not discuss details of his Wednesday meeting with Dole campaign manager Scott Reed. But he said, "Do I intend...
While Lamm said that he believes Perot played a valuable role in the establishment of a third party, he suggested that Perot should make way for candidates with newer ideas...
...Ross Perot would have done much better if he would have realized that he could not touch lightning a second time," Lamm said...