March 17, 2000 MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Publication

Newsweek Poll Puts Perot Ahead of Buchanan at 13%

Following a 22-city, country-spanning media event March 9, at which Reform Party members announced the formalization of a campaign to draft Ross Perot to run for President again, the
calls for the Texas businessman to enter the race are coming from every state, every age group and every walk of life.

Polls put Perot in the double digits, despite being virtually invisible. Even the media is clamoring to have Perot step onto the political stage once again.

"For the past two days, MSNBC and CNBC have been headlining their news broadcasts with the question, 'Where's Ross Perot?'" said Reform Party National Secretary Jim Mangia, of California, who is spearheading the campaign to draft Perot. "You can't turn on a political talk show without hearing Ross Perot's name."

According to a poll in the March 20 issue of Newsweek, in a match-up in which Bush and Gore virtually tie, Ross Perot scores 13%. Pat Buchanan draws 8% in the same three-way race.

Hits on the Draft Perot website (http://www.draftrossperot.org) number in the thousands per day, and citizens are volunteering to carry petitions and serve as district or county coordinators
for the campaign, should Perot decide to run. People are leaving personal messages on the site, too.

A Reform Party member from Pennsylvania writes, "The American people do not need or want another politician in the White House. The citizens of these great states are no longer being
governed by the will of the people, but are being railroaded by a corrupt political system. Our country needs a leader. Our party needs a candidate."

"We need you Mr. Perot. We need your patriotism, values, decency, and we need a First Lady who has class, is a good person, wife and mother....In my humble opinion you are the best
person for president we could possibly have," writes a self-described wife and mother.

From a self-employed Pennsylvanian comes this statement addressed to Perot: "Seems to me every time a man gets ahead a little, down the road comes a tax increase. If you decide to
run, I will vote for you again. We, sir, the people, need a man like you in the White House."

A History Channel series called "Escape," featuring the story of Perot's rescue of EDS employees from an Iranian prison, aired this weekend, prompted this message: "Mr. Perot, I had almost ruled out voting for any Reform Party Candidate for President. But...I am going to rethink who I will vote for. The politicians in Washington were unable to do anything...and you and the brave men who hazarded your own lives did."

Perot's popularity with younger voters continues to build. One young woman writes, "I am a young US citizen who is concerned with the condition of the country, both morally and
economically. You are the only man who stands firm in his beliefs and does not yield to political ploys, scandals, or games. I ask you to personally consider placing yourself as a
candidate for the presidential nomination."

A new young voter from Kentucky says, "I just registered to vote in the Reform Party. I want to go to law school and become a senator in the Reform party. I truely believe you would be the
best choice for President, and I hope you choose to run."

From California comes a comment from a 22-year-old man: "I believe Ross Perot is the presidential remedy that career politicians cannot offer the American people. I believe you are
a great man."

Perot supporters urge those who want to get involved to contact them via their website: http://www.draftrossperot.org. The site includes information on the campaign, an online petition and a downloadable petition form for collecting additional signatures.

The Reform Party nominee in 2000 will have $12.5 million in federal matching funds to run his or her presidential campaign. The current front-runner for the Reform Party presidential nomination is Pat Buchanan.

NATIONAL MEDIA CONTACTS:
Jim Mangia (Los Angeles, CA) 323-654-7409 / Pat Muth (Tallahassee, FL) 850-878-0918

NOTE: Jim Mangia is in Los Angeles and available for television interviews this weekend.

March 9, 2000

Reform Party activists in more than 20 cities across America held press conferences this morning to urge Ross Perot to run as the Reform Party candidate for President this year. The press conferences were held at 10 a.m. in each time zone. The message was loud and clear: Run Ross, please run!

A growing grassroots draft Perot upsurge has resulted in local and coordinated media events being held today in the following cities: Trenton, NJ; Washington, DC; Richmond, VA; Louisville, KY; Maimi, FL; Hartford, CT; Milton, DE; Long Island, NY; San Diego, CA; Chicago, IL; Salem, OR; Scottsdale, AZ; Utica, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Dallas, TX; Portland, ME; Providence, RI; Nashville, TN; Helena, MT; and San Francisco, CA and Syracuse, NY. Activists have already collected thousands of signatures on petitions across the country to urge Perot to enter the presidential contest.

There are millions of people in America who see reform as the cutting-edge issue in this presidential race, stated Jim Mangia, national secretary of the Reform Party and the founder of the draft Perot effort. Ross Perot brought the issue of reform to the American people in his 1992 and 1996 campaigns. Every quote, every speech, every commercial run by John McCain has been a carbon copy of the words Ross Perot uttered in his previous presidential campaigns. America needs political reform and a campaign by Ross Perot would guarantee that it remains on the front burne in the 2000 presidential campaign!

Pat Muth, a Perot supporter since 1992, who is one of the leaders of the draft Perot effort stated, At the Reform Party's national convention last summer, Ross Perot said if we asked he'd sweep floors or sleep under a bridge. Well, where we need him is in the White House. We know Ross Perot would never sell nights in the Lincoln Bedroom, and would restore dignity and respect to the President's House and honesty and hope to our country.

Perot supporters are urging those who want to get involved to contact them via their website: http://www.draftrossperot.org. The site includes information on the campaign, an online petition and a downloadable petition form for collecting additional signatures.

The Reform Party nominee in 2000 will have $12.5 million in federal matching funds to run his or her presidential campaign. The current front-runner for the Reform Party presidential nomination is Pat Buchanan.

NATIONAL MEDIA CONTACTS:
Jim Mangia (Los Angeles, CA) 323-654-7409 / Pat Muth (Tallahassee, FL) 850-878-0918