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...whiz- bang final event that would impress an apathetic public. They were intrigued by White House poll findings suggesting that for all the fervor of his supporters, Perot also arouses considerable antipathy -- so much so that public support for NAFTA rises sharply when people find out the jug-eared Texan is against it. Maybe, they thought, the way to galvanize public support would be to remind people vividly who was leading the charge against NAFTA...
...threat if the Congressman voted against the agreement. Republicans, however, have an extra problem: members of Perot's United We Stand America organization have been pushing hard against NAFTA in their districts, and Perot himself has been calling on them in Washington. William Goodling, a Pennsylvania Congressman, told the Texan the only time he could spare was at 7:30 a.m. Fine, said Perot, who showed up and launched into a 40- minute monologue...
Gillmor, Goodling and other Republicans say Perot has made no explicit threats to them. Nonetheless, they and others are seriously worried that the Texan and his followers will try to defeat them at the polls next year if they vote for NAFTA. That, says a White House official, is another reason why Clinton chose to take on Perot -- or have Gore do it -- in debate. If the White House can knock Perot down a peg, it will win the gratitude, and maybe the pro-NAFTA votes, of Republicans who would be afraid to tangle with Perot all alone...
...writer Steve Kloves stocks "Flesh and Bone" full of haunting symbolism and foreboding action, seeking to tell a moralistic epic in small-county Texas; what results is sometimes nonsensical and contrived. He is much more successful at creating a broad clash in contrasting the panoramic vastness of the Texan horizon with the narrowness with which Arlis views his life's path...
Which brings us to the Gore-Perot mano a mano. Perot is right; the President's challenge is a desperate gamble. The Texan, who smacks his lips at the very thought of red meat, accepted with relish. Meanwhile, the Harvard-educated Gore is hitting the books...