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Several months before the Democratic and Republican conventions, Perot filled the vacuum of election news, as his supporters began petition drives to get him on the ballot in all fifty states.

This sense of momentum was reinforced when Perot employed two savvy campaign managers in Democrat Hamilton Jordan and Republican Ed Rollins.

In July, while Perot was pondering whether to run for office, his supporters established a campaign organization United We Stand America.

Perot was late in making formal policy proposals, but most of what he did call for were intended to reduce the deficit.

He wanted a gasoline tax increase and some cutbacks of Social Security.