Ross Perot

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Amid a rollicking bedlam of singing, shouting supporters, Patrick J. Buchanan declared last night, "We have made history again," with a victory in the New Hampshire primary over Sen. Bob Dole that brought stark embarrassment to the Republican establishment.Denouncing his foes for the negative advertising they ran against him, the fiery former news commentator proclaimed: "They did their worst. We did our best. People in New Hampshire voted their hopes, not their fears."

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Ross Perot is back on the stump, railing against the swelling debt and the ignorance and arrogance of Washington with his tinny, 'tween-us-folks style, quoting everyone from Cicero to Rodgers and Hammerstein and attracting camera-toting citizens like a national monument.But as Perot works to get his Reform Party, or, in some cases, his own name, on the ballot in all states and contemplates another presidential run, the Texas billionaire is finding voters more standoffish, more skeptical of him, his charts and his colorful Wal-Martisms than they were four years ago.Even among Reform Party staff and volunteers, there is a huge split between those who are pinning their hopes on Perot and those who see him as, in the words of the director of Minnesota's third-party effort, "the candidate of last resort."

Go ahead and say it: Pat who?Easy to snicker at Ross Perot's choice to be his running mate: Bearded, burly Pat Choate, a Mr. Anonymous unknown beyond Beltway think tanks or his Maypearl, Texas, hometown.OK, so Choate's no political slamdunk that will cause terror in the Dole and Clinton camps. Or jar Perot's ratings out of single digits.It'll take more than the half-million bucks Perot spent on Tuesday night's CBS infomercial to make Pat Choate a household name. Maybe Ross should invest in a zillion bumper stickers: "CHOATE AS IN VOTE."

Mary Pat is running and will undoubtedly win. What office can be determined later. Ross Perot for senator from ------ ! (Fill in the blank and send it to him.)

Ross Perot is a Democrat in Tex. and N.J., a Republican in Wash. and an independent in N.Y., like the Queen being an Anglican in England and a Presbyterian in Scotland.

We are not supposed to blame Bill. It's Leon Panetta wh canceled Bill's campaign promises.Ross Perot is back in the game. What game, he will, presumably, eventually make clear.Karadzic and Milosevic have perfected a good-Serb, bad-Serb routine that works every time.Cheer up, Little Rock, your ordeal is nearly over.

What good is it being in Congress if you can't even legislate yourself a pay raise?The election is going to turn on the inner cities, which the Democrats want to throw money at and the Republicans intend to abolish.If Ross Perot wants to swap jobs so badly, George is probably willing.

Bill Clinton looks like a liberal Dan Quayle.If Ross Perot is so hot at solving problems, he ought to run for mayor of Baltimore.China's rulers have opted for both economic choice and political conformity, one of which will last.

Dr. Spock is against milk. Cal Jr. is for milk. Milk wins.It's hard to tell who is dominating this campaign more, Ross Perot or Magic Johnson.If IBM were truly Republican, it would delay announcing its layoffs till November 4.Now it's official. George is the challenger demanding debates. Bill is hemming and hawing like any incumbent.

What Clinton took from the Arkansas poultry king was chicken feed.Ross Perot for Veep on the Lee Iacocca ticket!George found the way to balance the budget some day: Make the states pay for everything.The good news is that Albania overthrew the Communists. The bad news is Albania.