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Voters here have an independent streak--Ross Perot beat Bush's dad in '92. Maine tends to reject the conservative wing of the G.O.P., and may like McCain's moderate tone. This is a closed primary, though indies can register as Republicans at the polls, provided they don't change affiliation again for three months...
...then-incumbent George H. Bush was dragging his feet and the former governor from Arkansas, a candidate for a new generation, was tending ever more towards the center. Ross Perot, a billionaire from Texas, put up over $60 million out of his own pocket to run for president on a platform centered on reducing federal spending, balancing the budget and term limits...
After garnering 19 percent of the national vote in 1992, Perot's organization, "United We Stand America," created the Reform Party. Perot's showing in 1992 gained him federal funding for 1996, and his showing in 1996--exceeding the 5 percent federal funding minimum--ensured matching federal funding for the Reform Party presidential candidates in this year's election. Perot's showing in 1996 secured a place for Reform candidates on 21 states' ballots, and petitioning secured the remaining...
Ventura's departure from Reform's ranks is only the latest chapter in the predictable tale of fruitless fights for respect by third parties. Reform earned an astonishing 19% of the vote in the 1992 presidential race. But after founder ROSS PEROT's far worse finish in the 1996 presidential contest, the party seemed doomed--an antideficit party in a budget-surplus world. Ventura's 1998 gubernatorial win gave Reform new life and its first major officeholder, but there was no honeymoon. Ventura and Perot eyed each other with suspicion; the two have spoken only twice in their lives. Ventura...
Still, the Ventura departure has consequences. It's all but impossible for Donald Trump to seek the party's nomination, clearing the way for Pat Buchanan--unless the mercurial Perot should get in. A Buchanan candidacy could drain votes from the G.O.P. in the fall, especially if the Republicans nominate JOHN MCCAIN, whom many on the right may find unacceptable. Reform still comes with a prize of ballot access and $12.6 million in federal matching funds...