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Piece of work. H. Ross Perot. He's the best right-wing populist billionaire we've got in Texas, so if you don't like him, you're out of luck...
...Perot phenomenon is too new, too untested and too unprecedented for any safe predictions. What does seem likely is that Perot will get on the ballot in all 50 states. Election laws are indeed a maze, but 1980 independent presidential candidate John Anderson managed to qualify everywhere even though he had far less money than Perot has. Anderson prompted a 1983 federal court decision that now makes it difficult for states to bar ballot access unreasonably. Thus, it is hard to believe that Perot -- with the resources to hire the best election lawyers in the nation -- will fail...
...struggles to take shape, there is something both stirring and a trifle chilling about the Perot campaign. The hopeful sincerity of his newfound supporters is a reminder of the latent idealism in the American character. But there is also a whiff of danger in the ease with which this billionaire with a mission has harnessed television imagery, telephone technology and voter disaffection to create a volatile force in the 1992 campaign...
...gives some startling answers. A month earlier, Clinton finished in a dead heat with Bush, 43% to 43%; now he loses by 11 points, 44% to 33% (a jump in the undecided column made most of the difference). In a three-way race, Clinton barely edges Texas billionaire Ross Perot, 25% to 21%, with Bush pulling 40%. It is rare enough for a candidate not to get a bounce in the polls after winning some major primaries; to lose ground is almost unheard of. Some reasons for the deterioration: asked if Clinton is "someone you can trust," respondents voted...
...CAMPAIGN: Ross Perot's Army...