Washington Week with The Atlantic

April 3, 1992

04/27/2011 | 7m 5s

With talk of a celebrity businessman thinking of running for President in 2012, we take a look back at 1992, when voter discontent helped propel another business billionaire into the race against President George Bush and Democrat Bill Clinton: Ross Perot.

Aired: 04/27/11

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