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There has long been confusion over the Perot campaign, and whether he cost Bush, Sr. the election. That is far from clear. Before Perot had a paranoid episode--I believe over something at his daughter's wedding--he was showing as a real contender--could have won, had he kept climbing. His dropping out, and then back in, reduced his potential vote, and ended that possibility. That does not make him a Trojan Horse for the Clintons.

Another problem that he had, was he absolutely did not know how to make a TV speech--his eyes were always staring at a prompter, as he read his speeches, looking spaced out.

I do not believe Trump would use TV that poorly. (Now I am not endorsing anyone yet. I lean towards Ted Cruz, actually. But, at this point am delighted with what Trump is doing to bring the debate back to the actual social dynamics--the realities that others are too cowardly to address.)

While I could never support Jeb Bush, Cristie or Santorum, etc., I could easily support Trump in 2016. God Bless his efforts to wake people up.

Conservatives have always believed that the pro-abortion, anti-gun Perot was a stalking horse for Clinton, he made Clinton president twice.

Trump is also pro-abortion and a gun banner.

Who leaves the GOP and becomes a democrat in 2001 to 2009?
The party of Al Gore, and Hillary, and John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid, Ted Kennedy and Barack Obama, and tells us 2 weeks ago that his favorite president is Bill Clinton.

Perot got 17% of the vote as a third party. Can't remember what TR got, but 17% has to be huge.

Perot's problem was what Trump's CAN be: he got by for a while on generalities: "Larry, we gotta get under the hood and fix the economy." That will work for a while, but at some point, you have to have a FEW big-picture solutions. For Reagan, it was tax cuts and rolling back regulation. It was winning the Cold War through a military buildup. Trump's first answer to ISIS was "I'll find the right general." Down the line, that won't work at all.

Now, he has plenty of time to develop these---and he needs to stay FAR away from very detailed solutions like Cruz has proposed with his "replacing" Obamacare. (I spoke with Cruz about this: his HSA solution is a total loser because people a) don't save and b) don't see tax benefits if they ain't paying taxes to begin with).

My point is, most presidential elections are NOT won on specifics of policies, but on the inspiration generated by confidence and connecting with people. And Trump definitely has those two covered.