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...grossly regressive energy or sales tax on the average consumer. It offers earned-income tax credits for the poor but makes up for this leftish move with a surfeit of new tax breaks for business. It's an attempt, in other words, to mix L.B.J., Reagan and Ross Perot -- which is why it comes out as such a flavorless gruel...
...political realist would argue that Clinton had no choice but to oscillate rightward of the political center. He was elected by a mere 43% of the voting public, hardly a mandate for sweeping change in any direction. Once he was in office, Perot and Dole attached themselves to his ankles with the tenacity of rabid terriers. Plus there's the sad fact that underdogs, numerous as they are, tend not to make big campaign contributions, certainly not compared with bankers and lawyers and CEOs...
...Democrats Try to Party Like Perot...
...political party start another political party? The Democratic Party is embarking on a new grass-roots venture that will compete with Ross Perot's populist semiparty, United We Stand America. In about a month, Democratic National Committee chairman David Wilhelm will launch the new community-based organization, and hopes the group -- which will use an 800 number -- will enlist local Democratic sympathizers and eventually have 2 million dues-paying members dedicated to promoting Clinton policies...
...year by cutting social services to illegal immigrants and later repeated the thought, though not the number, on national TV. "When a savvy politician like Breaux does that, it tells you something," says a White House aide. There is some thought that anti-immigrant sentiment is helping Ross Perot to drum up opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement, which would create a Canada- U.S.-Mexico common market. NAFTA does not deal with immigration, and Perot has not mentioned the subject. But some analysts think he is tapping, deliberately or not, into a vein of anti-Mexican sentiment...