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WHAT WITH STEVE FORBES AND ROSS Perot, a lot has been said lately about rich men crowding into presidential politics. But that misses half the story. An unsuccessful run for the White House is a matchless opportunity to acquire wealth, not just flaunt it. In war it may still be the victors who get the spoils. In presidential politics, losing pays better. Whoever wins in November can look forward to a $200,000 annual salary, a White House ringed with tank barriers and a Camp David getaway that's been described as "a medium-quality boys' camp without the horses...
...convoy of ambulances sped past, sirens screaming and lights flashing. "Victoria!" That was one of the names: Victoria. Others, read out in a mournful voice by police chief superintendent Louis Munn, were as familiar and as evocative of middle-class Scottish family life: Emma, Melissa and Megan; Charlotte, Kevin, Ross and Hannah; David, Mhairi, Brett and Abigail; Emily, Sophie, John and Joanna. Ordinary names, pretty names, the names on teachers' attendance lists, on captions of school pictures, on programs for school pageants, on lineups for school games. And they are the names of the dead and maimed of Dunblane...
...come used to be the reigning social doctrine in Washington. But now that the new ethics rules require Senators and Representatives to pay their own way, they stayed away in droves from Placido Domingo's gala, which raised $2.6 million for the Washington Opera last Sunday. Colin Powell and Ross Perot bought the $1,250 tickets, but they aren't used to having someone else pick...
Even as Dole had reason to be hopeful about his November prospects, there were suggestions the ballot could get more crowded. Ross Perot's Reform Party was intensifying its efforts to qualify for presidential ballots--and Perot himself said flatly that he would run and "give it everything I have" if drafted as its nominee...
THERE'S GOOD NEWS FOR anybody worried that the Dole rebound will mean a dull presidential race. Though he hasn't made up his mind, Ross Perot is leaning toward taking another run at it. Once again, he sees an opportunity and a rationale. Budget balancing, term limits and the reform of Medicare and Social Security are all stalled in Congress or neglected, so far, as campaign issues. So Perot told the Washington Post last week that while he would prefer to stay in private life, "I cannot live with myself knowing what these problems are and seeing the people...