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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (60449)	9/21/1999 5:33:00 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

He's unelectable and he has to know that. I think most conservatives aren't as stupid as to think they would waste their vote on a doomed Buchanan campaign. How many times I told people exactly that before our last Gubernatorial election. And how annoying it is to have it repeated back to me.

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (60449)	9/21/1999 5:38:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Well, I didn't say I agreed with his decision, just that I could understand some of his motivation. I think leaving the party would be a big mistake. Look at what happened to Bob Smith. JLA

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (60449)	9/21/1999 6:25:00 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 67261

<<If he leaves the Republican party, >> Thing is, Buchanan ain't Ross Perot. Some people love a self made rich guy and love Perot. Of course Perot was made rich by LBJ but most idiots can't figure that.

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (60449)	9/23/1999 1:02:00 PM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

I do not think bitterness is what drives Buchanan, though he is certainly angry. I think he sincerely thinks America needs an effective voice of political sanity, and that that voice cannot possibly exist with any sort of potency within the GOP. To his mind "the fix is in" and will always be "in" where the GOP is concerned. He thinks there simply is no sense in his labouring for a party that rejects his ideals. Buchanan is a populist, and as such hungers for a vehicle whereby he can effectively promote his agenda. He likely thinks that, politically, the Reform Party offers him much more promise than the GOP. I think he is correct-- at least concerning fiscal matters. The GOP wants to hear nothing of protectionism, while the Reform Party was built on warnings of "giant sucking sounds" from the south. Buchanan of course knows he cannot win the presidency (he knew that even before launching his GOP bid). But he believes once Americans hear his agenda as often as they hear that of the Democrats/Republicans (he thinks they are effectively a single party), they will eventually jump on his bandwagon. To have this happen, he must first have access both to cash and a significant party infrastructure, a thing he will never have within the GOP.