[old school]

Had folks not voted for Perot in protest of George H. W. Bush’s broken “No new taxes” pledge, Bill Clinton would not have been elected. The current president won’t get a majority let alone a plurality of the vote unless there is a similar protest vote. The circumstances are marginally different but Obama is considerably more of an imminent threat to our survival than Clinton was. It is what it is.

[Cheerio]

Had folks not voted for Perot in protest of George H. W. Bush’s broken “No new taxes” pledge, Bill Clinton would not have been elected. The current president won’t get a majority let alone a plurality of the vote unless there is a similar protest vote.

Not sure how one comes to that conclusion. American culture is a far difference scene in 2012 than it was in 1992. Today we have far too many folk riding in the wagon rather than pulling it - many of them are illegal aliens. IMHO the current clown WILL get a majority - against mittens the dem lite.

[Yashcheritsiy]

Had folks not voted for Perot in protest of George H. W. Bush’s broken “No new taxes” pledge, Bill Clinton would not have been elected.

The supreme irony is that if Perot hadn't gone nutso in July 1992 and then dropped out, only to get back in mid-October, he most likely would have won in Nov. He had a solid lead in the mid-40s% range in most polling across May and June of 1992, which is more than enough to net you the needed EVs in a three-way race.

[dfwgator]

Had folks not voted for Perot in protest of George H. W. Bush’s broken “No new taxes” pledge, Bill Clinton would not have been elected

Correction: Had George H. W. Bush’s not broken his “No new taxes” pledge, Bill Clinton would not have been elected.