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This course obviously has some allure for Powell and his friends. He dismisses much of the Democratic Party's politics as brain dead and thinks the Republican right is too extreme on many social issues. The experience of Ross Perot in 1992 is not lost on them either. That so flawed a candidate as Perot could get on the ballot in 50 states and gather 19% of the national vote, having quit the race once when he was nearly tied with Bush and Clinton, is seen as proof that an independent race is not just a fantasy...
...easy either. Perot spent more than $60 million of his own money on his race for the presidency. He had tens of thousands of volunteers collecting more than 1.5 million signatures across the land. Powell's friends assert blandly that "money would be no problem." One former Pentagon official who now works in corporate America boasts, "I could raise $50 million in one month just from the ceos I know." Says another supporter: "There'd be stories about people sending in nickels, dimes and quarters just to help out, but you'll get all the big money you want...
...nativist, isolationist message aimed at the angry white men who voted for Ross Perot in 1992 and at Reagan Democrats who Buchanan hopes will "cross over" to vote in Republican primaries and caucuses in closely contested states like Iowa, South Carolina and Georgia. Bay Buchanan admits that many of the economic nationalists her brother is courting are pro-choice or libertarian and "disagree with us on social policy." But she believes the shaky coalition will hold because both groups think Buchanan will fight for them...
...says of Morris, "and a good friend of the President." So smart, in fact, that Morris is considered the top candidate to be the re-election campaign's senior strategist. Other Morris allies have the inside track on top campaign slots, including pollster Doug Schoen, who worked for Ross Perot in 1992, and media consultants Frank Greer and Bob Squier...
...Ross Perot today called the President's approach "a real step forward," telling reporters: "I am truly excited about the positive, aggressive things that are happening right here in Washington now." Perot added, by the way, that hewouldn't rule out another run for president next year...