 Former Pat Buchanan pollster Frank Luntz was hired by the campaign , along with former Republican National Campaign Committee chairman Charles Leonard . The New York Times reported that Perot sought the help of operatives to search court and federal documents to find information that might reflect poorly on the potential candidate so that preparations could be made to respond . In the final round of Democratic and Republican primaries , most notably in California , exit polls revealed that 42 % of Republicans and 33 % of Democrats favored Perot . A Time Magazine poll found that Perot had 37 % support of all the electorate , ahead of both Bush and Clinton who tied for second at 24 % . At this time , Vice President Dan Quayle became the most senior member of the Bush administration to criticize Perot , calling him a " temperamental tycoon " . 
