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Activists grasp for another flamboyant mogul--Donald Trump, perhaps--to replace Ross Perot, while a bunch of delusional nuts promote their own candidacies for the party's presidential nomination.
The media's spins: 1) He announced his decision just before the end of the year in order to steal the "first candidate" title from other Republicans who were about to launch their candidacies.
The same cannot be said of today's presidential candidacies.
Pundits debated whether the candidacies would: 1) take votes from Republicans; 2) take votes from Democrats; or 3) create a self-destructive battle for the soul of the Reform Party.
It's already crazy that candidates have to run shadow campaigns for years and then form exploratory committees before formally announcing their candidacies.