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This is what happens in the best-case scenario for the Ross Perot campaign, and as he leads several national polls (including in pivotal states like California and Texas), the idea of a half-businessman, half-general, never-held-public-office-before president seems not so farfetched...
...problem with Perot goes beyond his lack of political experience and his authoritarian tendencies. The question is more fundamental: What exactly does he stand for? And once in office, could we control what he would...
Waiting for Perot, Bush and Clinton abandon the center...
...CAMPAIGN, NOR WAS HE EVEN ON THE ballots. But thanks to voters in the Oregon and Washington primaries, Ross Perot pulled off another neat political trick that keeps him marching toward the White House without moving from his chair. In Oregon, exit polls showed that 13% of the Democrats and 15% of the Republicans took the extra trouble to write in his name. In Washington, where write-ins do not have to be certified until a week after the election, officials in tiny San Juan County were quickly able to come up with a tally that showed Perot beating both...
...Perot meanwhile took another step toward formally entering the race by releasing a 123-page financial-disclosure statement. It revealed that he has invested his assets very lightly in Wall Street but heavily in government bonds. No wonder he wants to be head of state. He practically owns it. (See related story on page...