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...issues have also gained prominence in this campaign because of Ross Perot. His erstwhile candidacy put pressure on the Bush-Quayle campaign to solidify its support with core constituencies like the evangelicals -- pressure that one low-level gay staff member for the Bush-Quayle campaign believes was the reason for a sudden demotion this month. Tyler Franz, 37, filed a discrimination complaint with the District of Columbia last week after claiming that the personnel chief attributed the reassignment to "ideological differences with the religious right." The campaign denies Franz's claim...
...should have known not only that Ross Perot, for all his verbal machismo, has always walked away from fights once they got too tough; that he seemed to have delusions of grandeur, fed by our curious habit of treating successful entrepreneurs as geniuses; that in politics he was both amazingly naive and obnoxiously arrogant; that he promised to fix everything without spelling out what he would...
...maliciousness grows increasingly appealing, image has grown increasingly important. Public figures don't necessarily have to be attractive--observe Ross Perot--but they do need charisma. And their every move is subject to hyper-examination. Back in the 1960 Presidential debates, Richard M. Nixon drew scorn for his sweat and his misapplied TV makeup. today, pundits overanalyze Barbara Bush's faux pearls. It's all part of the same game: looks first and substance later, if ever...
...Perot Folds...
...once again. During a fishing trip at the Secretary's Wyoming ranch last week, Bush seemed to leave the door open to such a move, saying he hadn't "yet" discussed Baker's return. But it is a foregone conclusion inside the Administration -- especially in the wake of Ross Perot's exit and Bill Clinton's surge in the polls. "There are two truths this week," said a top White House official. "First, it's better to have Perot out than to have him in. Second, we're in horrible shape...