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...Weicker, who as an independent served as Connecticut's governor from 1990 to 1994, called for reforming campaign finance and ballot access laws to facilitate independent campaigns and to encourage "free enterprise" in government. "I can't think of anything more American," he said...
...Weicker said he sees Senator Bill Bradley (D-N.J.) and retired General Colin L. Powell as possible independent presidential candidates in 1996. The former governor said he himself will most likely not run for president, however, citing his 32 years in politics and the detrimental effects of a political career on family life...
...There is no doubt about the fact that I'm the right man for the job. But I'm not the right man at the right time," Weicker said...
While making clear that his presentation was not a campaign speech, Weicker expressed his position on several political questions...
...party. The level of support remains high, though regard for Perot has ebbed. Waning loyalty to the major parties, rather than enthusiasm for any one independent leader, whets the appetite for alternatives. "You're going to see a centrist, third-party challenge in '96, without question," says Lowell Weicker, a former Republican Senator who won Connecticut's governorship as an independent. Others speculate about a fourth party as well...