Sometimes personalities do matter. Perot attracted more libertarians than conservatives, and he did it to spite Bush. Or have you forgotten that little stunt he pulled after Bill Clinton was nominated and then showed he might be too weak to win. He had about a third of the vote at the first of July and might actually have run a serious campaign. Instead he dropped out for awhile and then jumped back in to keep Bush from tromping Clinton. I agree that Bush rath a pathetic campaign, but he would have won if Perot has stayed out.