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...Perot seems content to let the pros run the campaign. He never attends the daily 8 a.m. tactical sessions and rarely involves himself in the debate over how to set up and maintain operations in each state. Perot has also kept hands off in the research-and-development area of the campaign. Issues chief John White, a Deputy Budget Director in the Carter Administration, is developing positions for Perot on the economy, crime prevention and foreign affairs. White has hired 12 young policy analysts to interview experts on various subjects, some of whom have been flown to the Dallas headquarters...
That hands-off attitude is an apparent change from Perot's behavior in the business world. Former aides note that when Perot headed Electronic Data Systems, he exercised tight control over major policy decisions and had a penchant for cutting top aides out of the loop and playing one man against another. While he has allowed the political experts to plan among themselves, some in the campaign are worried that Perot might blow his stack if things begin to go wrong. In April he dressed down campaign chairman Tom Luce for not providing adequate briefing data during the taping...
...economic news may also explain new polls, released last week, that show a continuing slide in Bush's standing. A Washington Post-ABC News survey for the first time put Bill Clinton in the lead with 31%, followed by Ross Perot with just a fraction less and Bush with...
Meanwhile, a summary of 41 statewide polls by the Hotline, a daily report on politics, shows that Perot is leading in 22 states to Bush's 12 -- enough to carry the Electoral College. Clinton, the Hotline said, was ahead in only four states, but that was twice what he held in the Hotline's last survey...
With Clinton's apparent bump in the polls stemming at least partly from several weeks of bad press for both Bush and Perot, the Arkansas Governor prudently stuck to his low-profile strategy. He concentrated instead on choosing a running mate and seemed to be narrowing his focus to two well- respected Capitol Hill veterans: Tennessee Senator Al Gore, who has strong defense and environment credentials, and Indiana's veteran Congressman Lee Hamilton, a foreign policy expert regarded as one of the House of Representatives' wisest heads. If the job goes to either man instead of an upstart newcomer like...