Word: rafshoon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gerald Rafshoon, a Carter White House alumnus who served briefly as a media adviser, left the organization 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...