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What's still unknown is whether Perot would come in for keeps, or just for kicks. Perot met last week with White House chief of staff James Baker, in part to determine whether Bush might adopt Perot's own rigorous plan for fixing the nation's economic problems. Bush officials regarded that probe as a ploy. Said one: "He was just going through the necessary steps so he could say when he got in that 'Bush isn't serious about fixing the problem...
...Bush is willing to take if he can drive up Clinton's negatives in the meantime. "Baker is making a calculation that as long as we're going negative, and it's working, there is no reason to debate yet," the official said, adding, "And until we know what Perot's going to do, it makes sense to stand...
...Ross Perot's return will revive similar concerns about his respect for the truth. Over the years, the Texas billionaire offered different accounts of his attempt to cut short his Naval service. One of Perot's explanations -- that he wanted out because he had been told by his commanding officer to bend or break certain shipboard regulations -- has been flatly denied by the now retired officer...
When Ross Perot first floated the idea of running for the White House, he put his fate in the hands of anonymous "volunteers." Their success at getting him on all 50 state ballots, he said, would be the deciding factor. Now that he is moving to return to the race, the Texas billionaire is again posing as a selfless Cincinnatus, standing ready to do the people's bidding. His decision to become a candidate again, he said last week, would come "from the bottom up." He added, "This is not three or four guys in a smoke-filled room deciding...
...fact, the grass-roots movement he invokes looks more like an Astroturf carpet, rolled out by a cadre of Dallas insiders and funded out of Perot's deep pockets. Since he pulled out of the race on July 16, Perot has pumped in more than $4 million to keep his candidacy alive, much of it to bankroll the petition drive that has put him on the ballot in all 50 states...