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...What did I have to gain?" Fine said. "It didn't work for Ross Perot...

Author: By Melissa Lee, | Title: Fine Reconsiders: Will Run After All | 10/7/1993 | See Source »

...White House is monitoring public opinion closely. The Democratic Party invited nearly 100 disaffected Clinton supporters and Perot backers in Dayton, Ohio, to watch the speech Wednesday night and use hand-held dials to register their approval and disapproval. Though such sessions aren't as reliable as telephone polls, the results encouraged the White House that its message was on target. Support for Clinton's health-care plan more than tripled over the evening, several officials reported; Clinton's personal approval rating among the group jumped nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Picture of Health | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

...trying," said George Stephanopoulos, the President's senior adviser. "Whether they agree with him or not, they feel he is doing big things." At the same time, a nettlesome rival is losing steam. In the TIME/CNN poll, the portion of those surveyed who have a favorable impression of Ross Perot dropped to 44%, down from 52% in August...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Picture of Health | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

...Perot charts and graphs, Bill Clinton naturally produced a memorable prop -- the dummied-up universal-coverage ID card -- during his health-care speech. But the grandstanding use of visual aids is a recurring story in modern American politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Get the Picture | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

...NAFTA's chances of passage will depend on who wins the jobs debate. Perot predicts that the treaty will put 5.9 million jobs in jeopardy as U.S. companies are lured across the border by cheap labor, a figure dismissed as preposterous by most economists. The Administration promises the job losses will be minimal and that NAFTA will create 200,000 new, skilled positions in the treaty's first two years. Why? Wages are only one factor in a company's decision about where to locate. Critics of NAFTA have overlooked such factors as America's higher worker productivity, superior transportation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tale of Two Jobs: One Lost, One Gained | 9/27/1993 | See Source »

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