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...said he rejects the "can-do," anti-establishment platform of Texas billionaire Ross Perot, insisting Clinton's youth and fresh outlook give him a decisive edge over his opponents...
While this isn't just a two-person race, it's clear Perot doesn't have a chance in hell to win outright. That's because none of America's 41 presidents have been named H. Ross (or even just plain Ross). There are precedents, however, for George (as in Washington) and variations on the Bill theme (as in William Henry Harrison, who--not coincidentally--defeated van Buren in his re-election bid back...
...most prominent independents before Anderson--segregationists George Wallace and Strom Thurmond, in 1968 and 1948, respectively--did garner some electoral votes, but not enough to be a factor in Nixon's election or Truman's re-election. So, like his independent predecessors, Perot will emerge as merely a footnote in this election...
People in both parties are "moderates" these days. They pick and choose issues from each party and try to eke out some kind of political philosophy from that. Or they just follow Ross Perot, who claims to be in the middle, but doesn't seem to have any political philosophy at all. In my home state Pennsylvania, where people stick to party lines, the Democratic governor sounds more like a Republican with his anti-abortion, anti-birth control stances than the Republican senators, who favor more liberal programs...
...attacks Ross Perot's plan to raise gasoline taxes as "unprincipled" and "inefficient." But, in principle, and incentive is always more efficient than a mandate...