A Perot Presidency
David Broder’s put-down of Ross Perot’s potential to solve some of our country’s ills (“The Perils of a Perot Presidency,” Commentary, April 28) is based on Broder’s contention that Perot would not be able to form a consensus government.
Is Mr. Broder telling us that we should stretch our imaginations so far as to believe that the corrupt, Democrat-controlled Congress would have gotten us out of this mess had we only had a Democrat in the White House?
Or is Broder telling us to stretch our imaginations even further--to imagine that a Mr. Bush, who drifts with every political wind, would have been able to solve our problems if the Congress had been controlled by a Republican majority?
I can’t decide which scenario is more absurd.
Perot’s candidacy is demonstrating further that the American people are crying out to get rid of as many incumbent politicians as possible.
GERRY LONG
Newport Beach
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