You are about to be hit by another wave of disinformation about how Social Security is going broke and needs reforming (meaning, your benefits must be cut). It's not true.
By Michael Lind May 12, 2009
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What these three seemingly unrelated pols have in common is an appeal concentrated in the West.
By Thomas Schaller
August 4, 2008
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The billionaire mayor of New York could easily fund a bid for the presidency. But what are his political convictions?
By Joe Conason
June 22, 2007
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He just quit the GOP and became an independent. But does America crave a sane version of Ross Perot with actual governing experience?
By Walter Shapiro
June 12, 2007
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Deans, Greens and liberals say the party needs to scream the anti-Bush truth at the American people. New-Democratic centrists say Americans just aren't that left-leaning. The schism is wide, and it's going to get wider.
By Michelle Goldberg
July 12, 2003
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The short-lived marriage between Perot loyalists and Buchanan supporters is officially annulled at the Reform Party Convention.
By Anthony York
August 11, 2000
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The right-wingers and the Perot loyalists will battle it out all weekend at the Reform Party Convention, but the fight for the $12.6 million prize will likely end up in court.
By Anthony York
August 10, 2000
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As his boosters prepare to nominate him, he's keeping quiet on his plans.
By Anthony York
June 30, 2000
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The Texas billionaire cites "ethical concerns" in declining to seek the Reform Party presidential nomination.
By Anthony York
June 30, 2000
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By Saturday, it could be Ross vs. Pat Buchanan for the Reform Party nomination.
By Anthony York
June 28, 2000
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Pat Buchanan plows through another convention -- and takes no prisoners.
By Jake Tapper
June 15, 2000
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Reform leaders discuss canceling their convention as Perot-Buchanan forces trade insults, and the party prepares for its vote-by-mail presidential nomination.
By Anthony York
June 13, 2000
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After his televised nuptial debacle, quasi-multimillionaire and erstwhile groom Rick Rockwell milks it -- for a lot less comedy than it's worth.
By James Hibberd
March 15, 2000
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By throwing Jesse Ventura's followers out of the Reform Party, Ross Perot's faction destroyed its chances of affecting this year's elections.
By Micah L. Sifry
February 14, 2000
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As he walks away from the Reform Party, Jesse Ventura not only undermines its likely nominee, Pat Buchanan, but fuels rumors of more surprise moves to come.
By Micah L. Sifry
February 12, 2000
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The split between Reform Party factions may be a harbinger of the return of Ross Perot.
By Alicia Montgomery
February 2, 2000
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The announcement comes as no surprise to longtime supporters.
By Merle Kessler
January 24, 2000
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Maybe nobody's noticed it yet, but nominating sex-mad tycoon Donald Trump for president would violate the Reform Party's first principle -- not to mention, common sense.
By David Corn
January 6, 2000
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When Pat Buchanan made his unholy alliance with Lenora Fulani, it wasn't the "left" he embraced but a strange, secretive group of disrupters known as the "Newmanites."
By Joe Conason
November 16, 1999
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Pat Choate, the man behind the strategy to craft a left-right-center coalition with Pat Buchanan out front, reveals the plan to seize the White House next year.
By Fred Branfman and David Weir
November 11, 1999
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Has George W. Bush made his state's education system a model for the nation?
By Joan Walsh
November 1, 1999
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Buchanan revamps his presidential campaign and image by joining the Reform Party and making "racial reconciliation" a pet issue. But just how warm and fuzzy can the new Pat be?
By Jake Tapper
October 25, 1999
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Psychotic reactions to elephant dung; Jesse Ventura ups the ante; Mormon TV snips the naughty bits. Plus, Susan Lucci gets her gun.
By Amy Reiter
October 4, 1999
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The Donald needs to do some homework before opening his mouth.
By Micah L. Sifry
October 4, 1999
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While other parties talk about the Big Tent, the Reform Party constructs the Big Top.
By Micah L. Sifry and Doug Ireland
September 25, 1999
Let's cut Social Security to pay for banker bailouts!
The Perot-Nader-Paul axis
Bloomberg's ambitions
Mike Bloomberg could buy the White House
The Democrats' brewing civil war
It's Splitsville in Long Beach
The raucous society
Perot won't run
Perot may run
Jersey boy
As the party implodes
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