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Those southern boys sure do have the gift of gab. Every time GEORGE BUSH turns around, Bill Clinton or Ross Perot is chatting amiably with Arsenio, Larry King or some other TV talk-show host, and it's driving him crazy. Last week both candidates took turns answering questions from callers on Today. This week Clinton does MTV. Enough! The Commander in Chief is girding himself for Talk Show '92. Bush's aides are subtly soliciting Larry King, Barbara Walters and other chat-masters. Rush Limbaugh has been spotted bunking down at 1600 Pennsylvania. How about Regis and Kathy...
...ROSS PEROT holds a campaign convention for his loyal followers, he won't have to worry about where to do it. His campaign has already received several unsolicited offers -- in some cases even signed leases -- from places eager to play host to the gathering. Besides Pasadena, which offered the Rose Bowl, hopefuls include Minneapolis and Orlando...
...three-way politics likely to dominate the presidential race. Bush seized on the nostrum to divert attention from the $1 trillion in red ink added to the deficit during his presidency. Presumptive Democratic nominee Bill Clinton opposed it. But the pivotal factor may have been independent Ross Perot, who attacked the balanced-budget amendment as "an excuse not to do anything." (See related story on page...
Were that the ultimate judgment, voters would probably turn first to Clinton. Of the rationales Bush has offered for his re-election, his claim to be a change agent is laughable. But Clinton won't get his sought-after second look if Perot's savvy continues, and perhaps not even if Perot falters. The historians' favorite metaphor for Jacksonianism is the signs one still sees in the center of small towns. The arrows point to many different destinations and have but one thing in common: they all point to somewhere else. Which is what Perot represents. Since...
...Perot's A-team heightens White House jitters...