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...Perot has restored the favorable image he himself trashed by his abrupt departure from the race in mid-July. While not competitive with Bush and Clinton, he has persuaded a large majority (86%) that his candidacy has been good for the country. If he loses, 54% said, he should try again...
...Voters found the televised debates informative: two-thirds said they learned something about what kind of President each candidate would be -- and Clinton was viewed as the best performer, with Perot close behind. However, two-thirds of respondents said the debates had no effect on their preference...
...stats caused some anxiety, they also had a positive side. The impression that Clinton could not be beaten carried with it the danger that some voters would stay home. Others, yearning for change but hostile to politics as usual, might be tempted to give their ballots to Perot as a symbolic protest that would not affect the outcome. A sense of sharpening competition lowers those risks. It is critical for the Clinton-Gore ticket to get a large turnout of both Democrats and sympathetic independents...
...latest TIME/CNN survey, half the likely voters agreed with two statements: Clinton is a "tax-and-spend liberal," and he "changes his mind too often on important issues just to win votes." With Perot promising radical departures in both policy and style, Clinton must also press the idea that he, rather than the Dallas billionaire, is the reliable instrument of change. Clinton tried to make those points last week by urging supporters at a Cheyenne airport rally, "Tell the people of Wyoming, 'You may never have voted for a Democrat before, but there's a new Democratic Party out there...
...Governor literally talks himself hoarse at one appearance after another. "We've got to change this country," he preached in Seattle. "The change will revitalize the private sector and restore the cities." Yet another problem spooking Clinton is the notion that he is merely a career politician, while Perot is the genuine outsider. Of those watching the debates, according to the TIME/CNN survey, only 4% viewed Perot as "too political," while 34% put that label on Clinton, and 43% applied it to Bush. That perception appears to have contributed to an increase in Clinton's overall unfavorable rating. More voters...