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...resentments. He has even launched a charm offensive, telling insiders he admires Buchanan's common touch and thinks of him as the rival he would most like to go fishing with. Why make nice? Buchanan may bolt the G.O.P. to run for President on the ticket of Ross Perot and Jesse Ventura's Reform Party--a move that could come within a few weeks and give Buchanan the leverage to take votes from Bush in the general election. When Bush aides met last week in Austin, Texas, high on the agenda was how to make Buchanan feel wanted...
...Reform Party, with its access to state ballots and millions of dollars in federal matching funds, can finally be the platform for his nationalist and anti-free-trade arguments and his anti-Washington populism. "My gut tells me he's going to make the shift," says Pat Choate, Perot's '96 running mate, who behind the scenes has been urging Buchanan to quit the G.O.P. "He's frozen out of the Republican Party. We'll give him an incredible forum...
...Today" show that he is thinking of defecting from the GOP and seeking the Reform party?s nomination for president. Not that Buchanan should assume the welcome wagon will be wheeled out for him. If he does push to be the nominee of the party founded by Ross Perot ? he said he would make the "agonizing" decision in early October ? his views on such issues as abortion may render him untouchable among party power brokers like Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura, who has already voiced his concern over Buchanan?s social conservatism...
Freshman Mike Hochanadel is already making his bid for Ivy League Rookie of the Year. Filling in for injured first baseman Scott Perot, Hochanadel has performed brilliantly. His .417 batting average is fourth overall in the Ivy League and good enough for a spot on the Ancient Eight's weekly Honor Roll. In what may be an omen for his Harvard baseball future, Hochanadel smacked a home run in his first at bat in a Crimson uniform...
...imagined that somewhere the elusive Perot, a man used to having the last laugh in this party, was not having much fun. In his speech he never mentioned Ventura. And he and Gargan, once friendly, haven't spoken in years. Gargan intends to move party headquarters away from Perot's home roost of Dallas to Gargan's nest in Florida's Cedar Key. He and patron Ventura made clear they're not interested in a third Perot run for the presidency. "We are going in a whole new direction," Gargan said...