I tried to warn people about Bush back in 2000, oh well, I still wish Steve Forbes had won. Even more I wish H.W. had won in 92. To this day I can’t believe he lost to Bill. “Read my lips” really did him in.
Perot was certainly a big factor, and that was the original “Clintonian plurality” win. The great part for the Dems that year was that Ross provided his own campaign funding, it didn’t cost them a dime.
In races like McAwful won last year, the Dems have to fund two campaigns, their own and the libertarian.