While 1992 is likely to remain a very unusual election year, Ross Perot's decision not to enter the Presidential campaign has returned the basic contours of the political landscape to something relatively comprehendible and predictable-a two-way. Democrat versus Republican contest.

A two-way, competitive Presidential race is familiar turf in that we already know which states tend to be more Republican, which ones Democrats have a good chance to win, and which are competitive.

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