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Subject: On 4-City Tour, Perot Promises Supporters a 'November Surprise'<By Michael
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 92 09:14:31 EST
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On 4-City Tour, Perot Promises Supporters a 'November
Surprise'<By Michael Isikoff=Washington Post Staff Writer=

TAMPA, Oct. 31 - Launching what he called his end-of-campaign
"two-minute drill," Ross Perot today told more than 7,000 cheer-
ing supporters that President Bush cannot win reelection and that
a massive outpouring of newly registered "crazies" will produce a
"November surprise" that will carry Perot to victory.

As he began a four-city tour that took him to Kansas City, Mo.,
today and will include Long Beach and Santa Clara, Calif., on
Sunday, Perot ridiculed polls showing his support slipping away
in recent days and predicted that his 3 1/2 hours of prime-time
commercials Sunday and Monday will help turn the election around.

"Let me make a fearless forecast," Perot told the crowd. "All
those old boys who are used to making a living taking polls are
going to be working selling peanuts." Saying that Bush and his
supporters have dismissed him and his supporters as "crazies,"
Perot delighted the crowd by asking, "We got a lot of crazies out
there, don't we? . . . Maybe the answer is, just get every crazy
person you know to go to the polling booths.

"There are these millions and millions and millions of new people
that have registered this year for the first time," Perot contin-
ued. "That's going to be the November surprise for a lot of
folks."

Perot's comments echoed a theme his aides have been repeating in
recent days: that a "silent majority" of new voters have been en-
ergized by his candidacy and are poised to vote in record numbers
Tuesday.

Most nationwide surveys showed Perot's support eroding late this
week, dropping to 15 percent or lower following his unsubstan-
tiated allegations of Republican "dirty tricks" last Sunday on
CBS's "60 Minutes." But Perot aides note that most of these sur-
veys are based on calculations of "likely voters" - a group they
contend is impossible to predict this year - and say that inter-
nal surveys taken by state Perot organizations have recorded a
surge of support that has put the independent presidential candi-
date within striking distance in Florida, Texas and several
western and southern states.

In his 45-minute speech today, Perot aimed new barbs at Bush and
Democratic nominee Bill Clinton, saying neither one "understands
business" or can fix the nation's economic problems - a view he
pledged to detail in his new "Deep Voodoo, Chicken Feathers and
the American Dream" commercial.

"You're going to realize that raising chickens is not where
America's future is," said Perot, referring to Arkansas' large
poultry industry. "You're going to realize that trickle-down
economics or voodoo economics has put us in deep voodoo."

That Perot still stands a chance of winning election was a virtu-
al article of faith among his enthusiastic supporters who filed
into the University of South Florida Sun Dome this morning for a
spirited rally.

Most wore Perot buttons, Perot T-shirts and, in a few cases,
plastic jug ears. In random interviews, they expressed distrust
of the news media as well as anger and puzzlement at polls show-
ing their candidate running a distant third.

"I feel it's a form of brainwashing the public. . . . I don't
understand these polls at all," said Darlene Sano, a credit
analyst who said she is more excited about Perot than she has
ever been about any political candidate. "Everybody I talk to
says they're voting for him."

Dan Chio, an electronics engineer, said he is convinced the polls
are biased because in his 15-person company "everybody but the
boss is going for Perot. . . . I'm positive he's got more support
than they're showing on national TV."

"We don't trust the media," added Rick Siebert, a real estate
investor who said he has been avidly working for Perot since
watching him during the debates. "They could be lying to us
again."02:36 11-01C9999-----

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