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...headline in Friday's papers. Ross Perot's sudden withdrawal from the race he had never officially entered left many supporters across the country feeling betrayed. Their grand, impractical crusade seemed to fall victim to the most grimy practical considerations: Perot's inability to rev up his stalled candidacy. Hamilton Jordan and Ed Rollins, his odd-couple team of political handlers, were frustrated by the candidate's unwillingness to be handled. First Jordan was said to be heading for the door, but at midweek it was Rollins who actually left, thwarted by Perot's rejection of a pricey ad campaign...
...believing that "Perot has made it a cult of personality and has a messianic vision of himself." But Perot did make one important concession to convention when he hired two experienced handlers in early June to run his campaign. Ed Rollins had directed Ronald Reagan's 1984 campaign, and Hamilton Jordan had managed Jimmy Carter's efforts in 1976 and '80. Their mission was to convert Perot's feisty guerrilla operation into a force capable of waging a general election campaign...
...leadership cadre -- which has enjoyed an uninterrupted run from that conflict's supreme commander for Europe (Eisenhower) to its youngest naval aviator (Bush). But crowing about the "generational thing" is little more than an obvious way of playing the cards that Clinton dealt himself. Had he chosen Lee Hamilton, as seemed likely for a while, the Clintonians' spin would have pushed regional balance, foreign-policy experience and aged wisdom. The fact is, the only problem Clinton had to avoid was a post-selection examination that could find his No. 2 wanting. With Gore, the chances for such a disaster...
...sense, Perot was only fulfilling his promise to provide his supporters with "a world-class campaign" when he recruited Republican Ed Rollins and Democrat Hamilton Jordan to guide his effort. They, in turn, have signed experienced operatives from both parties to lend the crusade an air of professionalism. In conjunction with several of Perot's former business associates, the team will determine campaign strategy, look for a running mate and help shape the candidate's stands on at least a few major issues. But the , transition from grass-roots petition drives to a high-tech political offensive has run into...
...Arkansas Governor prudently stuck to his low-profile strategy. He concentrated instead on choosing a running mate and seemed to be narrowing his focus to two well- respected Capitol Hill veterans: Tennessee Senator Al Gore, who has strong defense and environment credentials, and Indiana's veteran Congressman Lee Hamilton, a foreign policy expert regarded as one of the House of Representatives' wisest heads. If the job goes to either man instead of an upstart newcomer like Pennsylvania Senator Harris Wofford or Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey, Clinton will be betting that even in a "weird" political year, more voters value Washington...