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Hagelin received a presidential nod when the Reform Party split into two factions during its national convention in August, with Pat Buchanan taking the other nomination. The Federal Elections Commission recognized Buchanan as the official party candidate, which made him eligible--and made Hagelin ineligible--for $12.6 million in federal funds...
With his running mate, Nat Goldhaber, Hagelin has garnered support from the New York Independence Party, the Natural Law Party and what he terms "the best of the Reform Party" to try to sustain the party founded by Perot...
While he professes a more scientific world-view than the other candidates, Hagelin's platform resembles the original appeal of the Reform Party which attacked governmental bureaucracy and special interests...
...supports school vouchers (he favors experimentation) and campaign finance reform. He advocates public funding and the banning of political action committees (PACs) and soft money, an issue that affected his own campaign...
Hagelin sees Ralph Nader as a partner in the quest to take votes from Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore '69, but complains Nader's campaign fails to create the "broad-based independent political movement" that is the goal of his Reform Natural Law Coalition...