Perot was a self-made billionaire iconoclast whose forays in politics included working for the freedom of American POWs in Vietnam, organizing a prison rescue mission in Iran, and spearheading a war on drugs in Texas. Sensing the alienation among many voters with the two major political parties, Perot organized United We Stand America as a platform for pressing his agenda and for a run for the presidency. His unorthodox views and methods made him attractive to the independent voter. Though Perot's 19 percent share of the total vote was not sufficiently strong in any single state to garner him any electoral votes, it was strong enough to influence the outcome of the election by seizing votes from Bush. Many observers believed that Bush would have won had Perot not been the "spoiler." With- out Bush to attack, Perot turned his criticism on Clinton, remaining...