Wheres Perots big mouth?
Time is running out for Ross Perot to decide whether he’ll run for the Reform Party presidential nomination, but a top booster says he now has the signatures needed to put Perot’s name on the ballot. “Bascially, all of the work is done,” said Ira Goodman, former head of the New Jersey Reform Party who resigned after allies of Pat Buchanan gained control last month. “I’m just waiting for Hawaii to arrive and 100 signatures from Alabama. Hopefully, when I get home from work today, I’ll have it. In all likelihood, it’ll be ready to go by [Friday].” Goodman has been on a whirlwind tour this week since Salon first wrote of the plan Tuesday. Of course, Perot must still give his consent to having his name placed on the ballot – and must do so by July 1 — and Goodman says his conversations with Perot spokesman Russ Verney have given no hint of the Texas billionaire’s intentions. “I haven’t got a clue as to what they’re going to do,” Goodman said. “But he’s the founding father of this party an
