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Poor Ross Perot. Just when he thought he had mainstreamed his campaign by accepting federal funding, the Commission on Presidential Debates shut him out of this year's political faceoffs. The decision came earlier this week, as the bipartisan committee declared that Perot did not have a "realistic" chance of being elected president. Clinton staffers reacted with dismay even as the Dole campaign was quite pleased. Both major parties assumed that a Perot appearance would have focused much more criticism on the Republican nominee than on the president...
...hardly blame the comission, given the criteria they were using. Perot's star has fallen significantly since 1992 and the general frustration and anger of the electorate has quieted in the last four years. Without the ability to dig deep into his personal coffers, Perot can hardly spend his way out of his deficit in the polls. But I can't help but be disturbed by the notion that a man who is on the ballot in almost all 50 states, has a national organization and has political positions on most of the major issues...
White, unmarried parents 26% Fathers, age 18-29 24% Perot voters, age 30-49 22% White parents, age 18-29 22% Suburban...
...popular vote Clinton 49% Dole 41% Perot...
...first time ever, a Democratic President explicitly and clearly rejected deficit spending and embraced a balanced budget--a goal endorsed by some 80% of Americans. By doing this, the President began the process of reconnecting himself with the American people, in particular the 19% that had supported Ross Perot...