He touched some nerves and got some votes. The electoral vote system more or less ignored him...
Okay. You've got political experience that I lack, and your take does ring true. Coalition-building, pasting together several factions, is where it's at.
It just occurred to me: if I were Liberal Larry, and I liked what I saw in Perot, I'd see his protectionism as a new and better way to punish big corporations with higher taxes. (A tariff is a tax.)
Needless to say, Liberal Larry's moral universe begins and ends with supporting those deemed "disadvantaged" or "victims." Any other appeal to morals browns Larry right off.
on the other hand liberal larry’s ne’r do well brother in law would see in perogie a guy who created jobs and is concerned ~ so even though the two agree on everything, the BIL would vote or perogie and liberal larry might vote for Bush ~ imagining Clinton to be a clown.