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Disgruntled Americans simply want their political leaders to care about them, to work on their behalf, and to use the power and tax revenue entrusted to them to make an attempt to improve the country and the lives of all Americans. Ross Perot sensed this mood when he said: "I'm Ross and you're the boss." And the Clinton campaign crystallized the sentiment early on in their slogan "Putting people first...
Americans want action, not political rhetoric. This mentality explains the attraction many felt toward Perot. Americans want their President to put aside political posturing and get down to business. Someone needs to get working under the hood and start fixing the multitude of national problems. Although Americans ultimately felt that Clinton would be a more competent mechanic than the politically inexperienced Perot, the support that the two shared highlights America's desire for change...
...Patrick "Holy Warrior" Buchanan and Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown, an indication of the electorate's intense desire to alter the status quo. By the end of the election season, dissatisfaction culminated with Bill Clinton capturing more than twice as many Electoral College votes as the incumbent president. Even Ross Perot received extraordinarily strong support as a third party candidate, winning almost one in every five votes cast...
...Ross Perot said during the presidential campaign, there are a million good plans just lying around waiting to be implemented. Full randomization is one of the plans lying around Harvard just waiting for someone to have the energy to make it work...
When Ross Perot challenged George Bush and Bill Clinton in the final debate to explain why they "have people representing foreign countries working on their campaigns," his rivals bobbed and weaved. Clinton deflected Perot's dare by promising, if elected, to toughen laws governing foreign lobbyists. Bush had a see-no-evil response. "I don't think there's anything wrong," Bush said, "with an honest person who happens to represent an interest of another country from making his case. That's the American...