The key to a sane result in the November elections may be some combination of CNN’s Larry King, Ted Turner, and Time Warner honcho Gerald Levin. For if they don’t satisfy Ross Perot’s perpetual hunger for attention, he might be obliged to throw his hat in the presidential ring.
Larry King is complaining privately that Perot has been badgering him about making appearances on Larry King Live — where, you will recall, Perot first made clear his intention to run for president in 1992. Perot has been calling King, looking for a guest-hosting slot, or to be interviewed, or whatever. If Perot can be satisfied in this way, there could be no more civic- minded task for Larry King and his bosses — Turner and Time Warner, which is about to merge with Turner’s company — than to give Perot some airtime.
What the hey, give hime his own show, and call it Can I Finish? It couldn’t possibly be any worse than Burden of Proof or Talk Back Live, and it would save some voters from making the mistake of casting their ballots for the guy come November.
Interesting detail about that, incidentally. It has long been assumed that if Perot runs in 1996, he will draw the preponderance of his voters from the Republican party and help Clinton. Early pollng suggests that, right now, he would draw equally from Clinton and the Republicans — a fact that out to be worrisome to the White House, because Clinton needs to imporve his vote taly over 1992 in any case, and can’t afford to lose any voters to anybody.
