A plea to Perot to enter race

[quinnox]

Just think of the drama; Ross Perot next year announces he is running for president again! Perot never liked the Bush family, and this would be a great opportunity to sink the son, just like he sunk the father. It would also be a grand act of service and patriotism to America. Perot in 2004!

[bluestateguy]

1. Ross Perot

Ross Perot is a 90's icon, as outdated as the Macarena and Tickle Me Elmo.

All studies of the 1992 election showed that 1/3 of Perot's votes would have gone to Clinton, 1/3 to Bush and 1/3 would not have voted. I don't think you mean to do this, but you are repeating a myth the Right uses to suggest that Clinton was an illegitimate president--the notion that Bush I would have been reelected without Perot in the race. Not True!

[JVS]

4. Do you have a link?

I don't have an opinon one way or the other on this, but http://www.uselectionatlas.org shows that Perot did his best in states we consider to be Republican.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

11. thank you

that is one of the biggest myths in american politics and we need to quit repeating it

before perot re-entered the race, clinton was beating bush I by an even bigger margin. bush/quayle didn't get a bounce from the 92 gop convention (the one w/ the scary buchanan speech) and never came close to overtaking clinton/gore

perot only tightened ther race

[republicansareevil]

2. wouldn't necessarily take votes from Bush

Didn't he take votes from both sides equally last time?

[LuminousX]

3. We don't need him

Even with Nader siphoning off some Dem votes, Gore still won.

[HERVEPA]

5. If decent dem candidate, don't need Perot.

Would only muddy the waters. Need strong democrat in strong attack mode and who counters charges immediately.
I'd support any of them, if nominated, but people like Lieberman (even though his voting record is pretty good on MOST issues), Biden, and their ilk won't work).

Please don't read this and think I like Lieberman. I despise his "must be religious to be moral" attitude. (not his religiousness, just his attitude).

[quinnox]

6. The problem I see with my suggestion

is Perot might be too old now. Maybe some other candidate that could take votes away from Bush could run. I know Clark could, but from what I understand he has already stated he would not run as an independent.

[Dirty Hippie]

7. Perot?

Substituting one chimp for another? Have you seen Perot's ears???

[larryepke]

8. Would Buchanan do any good (or harm)?

Or does anyone even care what he says any more?

[quinnox]

9. He usually does run

and probably will again. But he is so unpopular, he doesn't even manage 1% I believe.

[JVS]

10. I'm kicking this because nobody cited any proof about who voted for Perot

[davidinalameda]

12. but he endorsed Bush in the last election

the scary thing would be that he could win!

if the Democrats nominate the wrong candidate, Perot could take the moderate voters who don't want Bush again.