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...time to thank Ross Perot. Though bedecked with his customary flowers and frills, President Clinton's speech on Monday night owed its strength to the core of realism that the Texas billionaire has injected into American politics...
Clinton's typical cynicism aside though, his proposals are a positive step. It is encouraging that he is going ahead with the politically tough move of a middle class tax increase. But a large part of the credit must go to Ross Perot, the twangy, loony, straight-talkin' Texan...
...presence of Perot made the deficit the central issue of all the presidential debates and much of the campaign. Before his arrival on the scene, the deficit was something neither major party candidate really wanted to attack; neither had a plan...
...putting the deficit so squarely on the national agenda, Perot ensured that whoever the victorious candidate was, he would have to at least make a reasonable attempt to reduce the deficit...
Perhaps Clinton would have focused on the deficit without Perot's constant yapping. The president is a smart man surrounded by smart people. Yet smart people have been known to miss big problems in the past. And it still remains to be seen whether the Clinton administration is attacking the deficit full-force, or merely giving a good imitation...