 By mid @-@ July , the Washington Post reported that Perot 's campaign managers were becoming increasingly disillusioned by his unwillingness to follow their advice to be more specific on issues , and his need to be in full control of operations with such tactics as forcing volunteers to sign loyalty oaths . Perot 's poll numbers began to slip to 25 % , and his advisers warned that if he continued to ignore them , he would fall into single digits . Co @-@ manager Hamilton Jordan threatened to quit , and on July 15 , Ed Rollins resigned after Perot fired advertisement specialist Hal Riney , who worked with Rollins on the Reagan campaign . Rollins later claimed that a member of the campaign accused him of being a Bush plant with ties to the CIA . Amidst the chaos , Perot 's support fell to 20 % . The next day , Perot announced on Larry King Live that he would not seek the presidency . He explained that he did not want the House of Representatives to decide the election if the result caused the electoral college to be split . He asked his supporters to look for other candidates to nominate for the race , and formed United We Stand to " influence the debate . " At this point , Perot had spent $ 12 million of his own money on the race . Bill <unk> , who produced a few unaired advertisements for the campaign , wrote that Perot 's withdrawal was a tactic to find temporary relief from the press . 
