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...ROSS PEROT Four years ago, he was talking about a 50' gas-tax boost. He isn't talking about...
...taxes should be higher. Bob Dole and Bill Clinton won't say so, of course. They're busy sparring over a repeal of the 4.3 cent-per-gal. gas tax the President included in his 1993 deficit-reduction plan. But pandering isn't inevitable: four years ago, Ross Perot and Paul Tsongas were calling for a new 50 cent-per-gal. tax to be phased in over a number of years. The Big Three automakers and oil giants Chevron and Conoco were onboard with the basic concept. Why? They had come around to the view held by every other advanced...
...prospect that Dole will not get their message--that he needs to find a compelling message fast. Fund-raising circles are still buzzing about a conference call last Tuesday between Dole and the "Team 100" cadre of top G.O.P. fund raisers. When one asked where he stood on Ross Perot issues--balancing the budget, term limits, campaign-finance reform--Dole plunged into legislative proposals and subclauses. No good, said the donor. What was he for? A long and pained silence followed. "It was horrible," says a participant. "Just horrible...
...Ross Perot] is one of a kind, and to me, a very good friend. But I want Bob Dole to be President of the United States." --James Stockdale, Perot's 1992 running mate, in the San Francisco Chronicle...
...wouldn't feel comfortable taking a position on whether or not Ross Perot is crazy, except to point out that people with that much money are customarily described as "eccentric" instead. I can safely make the observation, though, that it's always a mistake for a public figure to say, "I am not insane...