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...Ross Perot was a bit tired. For months he had been traveling and making TV appearances at a more frenetic pace than when he was running for President, so he had been planning to take a break. Instead he abruptly decided to rush to Washington last Thursday to fulminate on the Capitol grounds against Bill Clinton's budget. The program was moving through Congress faster than Perot had anticipated, so he personally displayed a truckload of petitions -- bearing 2.5 million signatures by his count -- demanding that Washington cut spending before raising taxes. Minority leader Bob Dole gave Perot's show...
Politicians sweating in the hot sun as they waited for Perot to appear were the latest weird scene in the marriage of convenience between the Dallas billionaire and the G.O.P. The alliance is an uneasy one. Many senior Republicans are worried that Perot's advocacy group, United We Stand America, is a powerful weapon that he may aim at them whenever it suits his purpose. Dole has warned associates that the mercurial independent is a threat to the G.O.P.'s status as the focus of opposition to Clinton. William Bennett, like Dole a possible presidential candidate in 1996, says...
...long as Perot's public standing remains robust, he is a magnet for politicians -- particularly those up for election next year. Association with him draws publicity, builds up an independent image and helps in courting his local supporters, who may be pivotal in some House and Senate races next year...
...this while, her husband, Martin Ginsburg, was on his way to becoming one of the pre-eminent tax lawyers in the country (he advises Ross Perot, who endowed a chair at Georgetown Law in his name) and sharing the tasks of family life. The two had met as undergraduates during her first semester at Cornell when Marty gave a lift to a friend in his old Chevrolet to pick up a date who lived in the dorm room next to Ruth's. The minute Ruth graduated in 1954, they got married at his parents' house...
...ANGELES: A Mayor in the Perot Mold...