Word: perots
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There were other reasons he lost. Perot. Third, there was the beginning of a generational change. Fourth, he did not wisely spend political capital earned from Desert Storm on domestic politics, so he got painted as out of touch. Fifth, his campaign wasn't designed well. And part of the reason he lost was history. He was at the end of a very long...
...only thing they have got is about eight or 10 people in positions of power and influence who are former Perot folks who simply want to derail our nomination... They simply want to destroy the party. We're there to build...
...engine of American politics. It was a one-man show, a man and his crazies, until 1998, when Jesse Ventura showed that Reform could be a brand for fiscal conservative/social libertarian types who felt that money and obfuscation had ruined Washington. Too bad Jesse was a free-trader - Perot invited in The Pitchfork to chase out The Body, and now Buchanan is poised to chase out Perot...
...Reform party will be the loudspeaker of protectionism, nativism and the religious right. Buchanan, set to collect $12 million in federal funds as a reward for Perot's two consecutive over-5 percent showings in 1992 and 1996, will doubtless run an entertaining campaign, screaming to be let into the debates and slinging his witty brand of populist mud into the mainstream fray. He will pray to his big, intrusive God that George W. Bush chooses a pro-choice running mate, because with Nader working the unions, the only table scraps left are disaffected far-righties - and even those...
...gimmick politics will always have a soft spot for him. On the stump, he's a harder man to tolerate - what with intolerance being practically a bumper sticker for him - and his audience is narrowing. Remember, it was a decided lack of disaffected Republicans that drove Buchanan into Perot's arms in the first place (the numbers for Pat in his perennial GOP primary battles had dwindled to nothing) and in his bid for the Reform mantle Pat has steadfastly refused to broaden his appeal...