 Although he did not campaign or advertise , Perot won a large share of the vote in both the Democratic and Republican primaries in Oregon and Washington in mid @-@ May . In the Oregon primary , he was written @-@ in by 13 % of Democrats and 15 % of Republicans . Exit polling showed Perot 's favorability at or above that of Clinton and Bush in their respective party 's primaries . At the end of May , Perot called on Bush to " climb in the ring " , claiming that the President was using surrogates to attack him . To strengthen his own team , Perot 's campaign interviewed Jimmy Carter 's 1976 campaign manager and White House Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan and Ronald Reagan 's 1984 campaign manager Ed Rollins to fill a position in the campaign . Eventually , both were hired as co @-@ campaign managers . On May 29 , Perot ended his talk show hiatus after talking with Barbara Walters on 20 / 20 . He discussed his three @-@ part plan for balancing the budget , starting with a Congressional act to limit spending , followed by a cut in government waste , of which he would be more specific in coming weeks , and a reform of the existing tax system . During the interview , Perot also stated that he would avoid adding homosexuals to his cabinet to prevent " a point of controversy with the American people " . However , he commented that " what people do in their private lives is their business . " 
