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...First, just two days before the Reform party convention opens Thursday in Long Beach, some procedural Rashomonics between the party's Perot and Buchanan wings turned into a shoving match that had to be broken up by police. Then the 35-odd Perotistas stormed out of the hotel, went down the street to another one and declared themselves the one true Reform party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now Playing at the Political Theater: Reform Madness | 8/9/2000 | See Source »

...Meanwhile, 115 remaining Buchananites found that the voting - mostly certification of delegates for the party convention that starts tomorrow - went much more smoothly without the Perot people around, and at the end of a long day Bay Buchanan was declaring "It's over now... We've won fair and square." The Perotistas plan to sue, and may even hold their own convention. It's all very complicated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now Playing at the Political Theater: Reform Madness | 8/9/2000 | See Source »

There were other reasons he lost. Perot. Third, there was the beginning of a generational change. Fourth, he did not wisely spend political capital earned from Desert Storm on domestic politics, so he got painted as out of touch. Fifth, his campaign wasn't designed well. And part of the reason he lost was history. He was at the end of a very long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republican Convention: George Bush: My Heritage Is Part of Who I Am | 8/7/2000 | See Source »

...only thing they have got is about eight or 10 people in positions of power and influence who are former Perot folks who simply want to derail our nomination... They simply want to destroy the party. We're there to build...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Politics Junkie: Your Move, Gore | 8/7/2000 | See Source »

...gimmick politics will always have a soft spot for him. On the stump, he's a harder man to tolerate - what with intolerance being practically a bumper sticker for him - and his audience is narrowing. Remember, it was a decided lack of disaffected Republicans that drove Buchanan into Perot's arms in the first place (the numbers for Pat in his perennial GOP primary battles had dwindled to nothing) and in his bid for the Reform mantle Pat has steadfastly refused to broaden his appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: August 9: The Day the Reform Party Died? | 7/19/2000 | See Source »

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