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...issues have also gained prominence in this campaign because of Ross Perot. His erstwhile candidacy put pressure on the Bush-Quayle campaign to solidify its support with core constituencies like the evangelicals -- pressure that one low-level gay staff member for the Bush-Quayle campaign believes was the reason for a sudden demotion this month. Tyler Franz, 37, filed a discrimination complaint with the District of Columbia last week after claiming that the personnel chief attributed the reassignment to "ideological differences with the religious right." The campaign denies Franz's claim...
...maliciousness grows increasingly appealing, image has grown increasingly important. Public figures don't necessarily have to be attractive--observe Ross Perot--but they do need charisma. And their every move is subject to hyper-examination. Back in the 1960 Presidential debates, Richard M. Nixon drew scorn for his sweat and his misapplied TV makeup. today, pundits overanalyze Barbara Bush's faux pearls. It's all part of the same game: looks first and substance later, if ever...
Booksellers are grinding their teeth over several big Ross Perot books that have been canceled on the eve of publication. But something bigger may be coming soon. PUTNAM is preparing to ship more than 100,000 copies of a supersecret book in late August. The publisher is keeping both the subject and author completely confidential. According to buyers for the major chains, Putnam executives have been whispering that it is a biography of a major Washington official that contains information so explosive it could cause his or her resignation. This has prompted a guessing game within the industry, but Putnam...
...Ross Perot's aura of cranky independence and his refusal to be bound by familiar candidate-craft made him attractive, at first, to voters weary of politicos from central casting. But those same qualities, carried to excess, barred the Texas billionaire from expanding his astonishingly strong start into a durable effort. When he fled the field last week, Perot explained his retreat the way he had justified his invasion in February -- just doing his public duty. Then, in the face of charges that he was deserting the volunteers he had mobilized, he offered to construct a third force that would...
...friend once again. During a fishing trip at the Secretary's Wyoming ranch last week, Bush seemed to leave the door open to such a move, saying he hadn't "yet" discussed Baker's return. But it is a foregone conclusion inside the Administration -- especially in the wake of Ross Perot's exit and Bill Clinton's surge in the polls. "There are two truths this week," said a top White House official. "First, it's better to have Perot out than to have him in. Second, we're in horrible shape...