Remember Ross?

The avowed noncandidate tantalizes supporters and worries rivals with hints of an October surprise

LOOKING JUST LIKE A CANDIDATE IN search of TV coverage, Ross Perot turned up in Homestead, Florida, last week to commiserate with hurricane victims. In Phoenix, Arizona, meanwhile, Perot supporters held a midnight rally to start the petition drive that will place his name on the state ballot in November. Elsewhere, diehard Perotistas, with financial support from their billionaire hero, are completing work that is almost certain to give voters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia the chance to vote for a man who ostensibly abandoned his campaign for President in July. At Perot's Dallas office, his aide...

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