Word: perots
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...best immunization against a spring contraction is to give plenty of reminders that it'll be a problem he inherited from Clinton. And a little gloom and doom is the best sales pitch in years for big across-the-board tax cuts, which haven't been popular since Ross Perot made fiscal responsibility cool again. So Bush has little reason for public optimism...
...Elvis Presley in a Land of No Alternatives. Marcus, a rock-n-roll critic best known for lively volumes on Elvis, Bob Dylan and the Sex Pistols, pinpoints Clinton's appearance on Arsenio Hall as the turnaround of his 1992 presidential bid. Considered a sure loser against Bush and Perot, Clinton swaggered on stage with his tenor saxophone, wailed a few bars of "Heartbreak Hotel" and instantly won enough support to capture the White House a few months later...
...PEROT VOTERS...
...Bush wins, the margin of Bush's victory will have been provided by this year's version of Ross Perot: Ralph Nader, the third party spoiler. He proved the difference in New Hampshire and potentially Wisconsin, and may yet prove to be the difference in Florida...
This election will also gauge the support for Ralph Nader's Green Party, the haven of disgruntled die-hard liberals. Like Ross Perot in 1992, Nader has the potential to make a significant impact on the race. While he has his eye on the five-percent mark, others will be watching to see how much he detracts from Gore in key battleground states...