Word: perotism
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...told my husband in 1992 that Ross Perot wouldn’t affect the election,” she said. “Then I told my son that running for governor would never work out. And when he wanted to run for president, that wouldn’t work out either. So much for my political expertise...
...back to the private sector." This from a man who during his one term wrote a book, did color commentary for the now defunct XFL and consulted on a Broadway musical about his life, which, sadly, was abandoned the day of his announcement. Using a trick from Ross Perot's playbook, he cited a desire to protect his family as the reason for his departure. This was apparently in reaction to an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune that said his son Tyrel, 22, threw raucous parties in the Governor's mansion and left it littered with empty wine...
...power to force candidates to debate anyone. The question, ultimately, is do we really want the federal government to be in charge of how candidates campaign and whom, if anyone, they choose to debate, or is this an issue that should be left to candidates and voters? Ross Perot, and before him John Anderson, got included in debates because enough voters wanted to see them, and because one or both major party candidates thought they had more to lose than to gain by opposing inclusion of the third party candidate. Is that not the way it should be?...
...third party candidate Ross Perot went into the debates with seven percent support and ended up winning 19 percent in the presidential election, making him one of the most popular third party candidate in modern times. His inclusion in the debates (then the standard was only “a chance to win”) caused a jump in support and gave hope to third parties everywhere. However, it horrified the major parties, which knew that no candidate could win without being in the debates. They raised the bar in 1996 and raised it again...
...nearby Rosslyn, Va. When he heard the "earthquake," he looked out the window and saw black smoke, which television reports said was coming from his wife's side of the Pentagon. Within minutes, the roads were jammed and the Metro closed, so Sincock, who looks remarkably like Ross Perot except for his 6-ft. 2-in. height, took off on foot, sprinting two miles across highways and through Arlington National Cemetery. By the time he arrived, it was bedlam, thousands of people both fleeing and searching for survivors. Sincock tried to find his wife but also helped out, bringing water...