Ross Perot

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  • The Perot-Nader-Paul axis

    What these three seemingly unrelated pols have in common is an appeal concentrated in the West.
  • Bloomberg's ambitions

    The billionaire mayor of New York could easily fund a bid for the presidency. But what are his political convictions?
  • Mike Bloomberg could buy the White House

    He just quit the GOP and became an independent. But does America crave a sane version of Ross Perot with actual governing experience?
  • The Democrats' brewing civil war

    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.
  • It's Splitsville in Long Beach

    The short-lived marriage between Perot loyalists and Buchanan supporters is officially annulled at the Reform Party Convention.
  • The raucous society

    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.
  • Where's Perot's big mouth?

    As his boosters prepare to nominate him, he's keeping quiet on his plans.
  • Perot won't run

    The Texas billionaire cites "ethical concerns" in declining to seek the Reform Party presidential nomination.
  • Perot may run

    By Saturday, it could be Ross vs. Pat Buchanan for the Reform Party nomination.
  • Jersey boy

    Pat Buchanan plows through another convention -- and takes no prisoners.
  • As the party implodes

    Reform leaders discuss canceling their convention as Perot-Buchanan forces trade insults, and the party prepares for its vote-by-mail presidential nomination.
  • Take my wife, please

    After his televised nuptial debacle, quasi-multimillionaire and erstwhile groom Rick Rockwell milks it -- for a lot less comedy than it's worth.
  • The godfather from Dallas ends the party

    By throwing Jesse Ventura's followers out of the Reform Party, Ross Perot's faction destroyed its chances of affecting this year's elections.
  • Divorce, Reform-style

    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.
  • Now here's the deal

    The split between Reform Party factions may be a harbinger of the return of Ross Perot.
  • Trump revelation: "I'm a big a**hole"

    The announcement comes as no surprise to longtime supporters.
  • Who -- me? A reformer?

    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.
  • Invasion of the body snatchers

    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."
  • The kingmaker speaks

    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.
  • The truth about Texas school reform

    Has George W. Bush made his state's education system a model for the nation?
  • Not standing Pat

    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?
  • The dung show

    Psychotic reactions to elephant dung; Jesse Ventura ups the ante; Mormon TV snips the naughty bits. Plus, Susan Lucci gets her gun.
  • Trump bombs in first Reform appearance

    The Donald needs to do some homework before opening his mouth.
  • Political circus

    While other parties talk about the Big Tent, the Reform Party constructs the Big Top.
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