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...MOINES, IOWA: Ross Perot continues to tease supporters who want to know just who's going to run for President on the ticket of the new party he's creating. Perot once again said he would not be the candidate, telling a gathering of Iowa businessman that "We are busy creating a new party that will belong to the people of the United States and not to the special interests." TIME's Laurence Barrett says that Perot probably won't make a decision on who will get his party's nomination until April or May: "Regardless of what he says...
Speakers at the conference will include senior advisor to the President George Stephanopolous, former press secretary for George Bush, Torie Clarke and a representative from H. Ross Perot's United We Stand America...
...When it comes to entering the White House, wealth still has its advantages. So many, in fact, that American politics has become a rich person's game as never before. In addition to Forbes, the '96 G.O.P. presidential field includes Morry Taylor, a multimillionaire tire manufacturer. And billionaire Ross Perot may run again...
With serious presidential contenders needing $20 million for the primaries alone, a candidate's most reliable friend, Phil Gramm once quipped, is "ready money." And there's none readier than what's in your own checkbook. Forbes says he is willing to spend $25 million. Perot shelled out more than $60 million...
...boss; and anyone who thinks Clinton got into office and then "lunged to the left" must have trouble getting their shoes on the right feet in the morning. If we have a two-party system anymore, it consists of a Clinton-Dole party of Big Business and, potentially, a Perot-and-Buchanan--style party of not quite so Big Business. For the constituency of the left--that majority of people whose only "business" is to sell their labor by the hour or by the week--1996 offers almost nothing at all. Unless, of course, they're willing to be bamboozled...