Perot Presidency?

[Governor PiT]

What would a Perot presidency be like if ge got elected in 1992?

[TomC]

Interesting. He might have gotten some progress made in balancing the budget, but a lot of his agenda would not have passed because Congress would have disapproved. Also, NAFTA probably would not have passed without the support of the WH.

[merseysider]

I suppose a possible guide to what a Perot presidency would have been like would be Jesse Ventura's governorship in Minnesota.

Perot probably wouldn't have been an awful president, but I doubt he would have got much done, and would probably not have run for a second term. Whoever picked up the third-party torch in 96 would probably have got a decent vote by third-party standards, but not have come anywhere near to victory.

[Governor PiT]

If Perot won in 1992. He would probably run against Al Gore and Bob Dole in 1996. Than Ventura may of been his sucessor in 2000 and ran against Bush and possibly Gore or Bradley. Gore or Bradley would probably win, but if Ventura won than he may of ran against Kerry and McCain in 2004. By 2008 the Republican Party may have become obsolete, in this scenario?

[ilikeverin]

I suppose a possible guide to what a Perot presidency would have been like would be Jesse Ventura's governorship in Minnesota.

Perot probably wouldn't have been an awful president, but I doubt he would have got much done, and would probably not have run for a second term. Whoever picked up the third-party torch in 96 would probably have got a decent vote by third-party standards, but not have come anywhere near to victory.

Nah, he'd probably do a bit better than Ventura... he had decent relations with the press, right?  And could he compromise once in a while?

[NewFederalist]

Nah, he'd probably do a bit better than Ventura... he had decent relations with the press, right?  And could he compromise once in a while?

I think the media thought he was a kook. His blather about the CIA trying to spoil his daughter's wedding and all that turned most media folks against him. As for compromise... ask the people on the GM board of directors he served with after selling EDS.