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...Self-Made Man. Perot boasted of founding Electronic Data Systems with no other resources than the $1,000 put up by his wife Margot; later he acknowledged that the figure was merely the amount of the Texas registration...
...July Pullout. When Perot withdrew from the race on July 16, he cited the risk that his candidacy might lead to a constitutional crisis by causing an electoral-vote deadlock and throwing the election into the House of Representatives. Since that scenario had been widely discussed for months, Perot's tardy reaction to it suggested two other reasons for his pullout: 1) the realization that he could not win, and 2) his unwillingness to bankroll a full-fledged campaign...
Clinton strategists profess to be sanguine. "The Perot candidacy is a missile in directed flight against Bush," says George Shipley, a Democratic consultant in Texas. "That's his whole game." Bush's advisers do worry about losing Texas. But they argue, perhaps wishfully, that Perot could diminish Clinton's overpowering lead in California to the point where Bush would be competitive there. If the numbers in the nation's largest state begin to change, Bush would divert money and time to the West Coast. That would force Clinton to do the same in the final weeks. Clinton's pollster, Stan...
...outcome in several other states might shift, possibly taking Washington and one or two other Western states out of the Clinton column. But on balance, Perot's vote potential seems greatest in states that Bush must capture in order to reach the magic number of 270 electoral votes. "We'll take that trade any day," says a campaign adviser. While that analysis should make Clintonians happy, they nonetheless fret about Perot. Their lead has endured for 11 weeks, allowing them to firm up plans for the climactic weeks while the Bush camp must improvise. For Clinton, new elements add uncertainties...
Neither side will know how to cope with Perot until his strategy unfolds. Up to this week, they have maneuvered as if Perot were just another heckler. By mid-September, the Bush-Clinton contest had assumed an intimidating structure from the President's viewpoint. Various lines of attack on Clinton -- the "family values" theme, the Arkansan's draft record, his performance as Governor -- failed to boost Bush's ratings. The President's belated attempt to sell his "Agenda for American Renewal" also had only a limited impact...