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...Ross Perot proposed an instantaneous participatory television democracy -- a national electronic town meeting in which Americans could directly register their opinions on issues. Television has already swallowed the political parties, and Perot's hookup would override the Constitution's framework of representative democracy and deliberation...
LOOKING JUST LIKE A CANDIDATE IN search of TV coverage, Ross Perot turned up in Homestead, Florida, last week to commiserate with hurricane victims. In Phoenix, Arizona, meanwhile, Perot supporters held a midnight rally to start the petition drive that will place his name on the state ballot in November. Elsewhere, diehard Perotistas, with financial support from their billionaire hero, are completing work that is almost certain to give voters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia the chance to vote for a man who ostensibly abandoned his campaign for President in July. At Perot's Dallas office...
Waiting for what? Perot's political headquarters in North Dallas has been stripped down. Rows of cubicles stand empty, and the phone bank that once accommodated 100 lines now has only 12. More than 400 calls a day still come in, many from people who want Perot to compete. While most supporters took Perot at his word in July, thousands of others, disillusioned with conventional politics, stayed in a movement that seemed to promise fresh approaches...
...Perot had no firm strategy when he abruptly fled the race two months ago. Then, faced with headlines that branded him a quitter, and with the anger of disappointed loyalists, he quickly improvised a strange quasi-candidacy. At a cost of $480,000 a month, he is maintaining 64 field offices in addition to the Dallas headquarters. They operate as part of a new advocacy organization, United We Stand, which is also the title of a book he brought out in August. The slim volume contains the austere economic plan, including tax increases and spending cuts, that Perot never announced...
Both parties are honing an aggressivecampaign--which involves attack politics and issuediscussions alike. But the campaign season thatbrought us Ross Perot could hold additionalsurprises...