WI: Ross Perot makes third presidential bid in 2000?

I can't find any information that is relevant other than a "Declined to run" infobox on the article for the 2000 Reform Party primaries, but I'm wondering if there was any speculation or plausibility of Ross Perot being persuaded to make a third presidential run in 2000. I'd imagine he wouldn't perform as well as 1992, and perhaps even under perform his 1996 numbers. But regardless of how well or poorly he did, he'd certainly have an impact on 2000 considering how close it was. Thoughts?
 
One outside possibility is that he steals a state from Bush, which would force the election to the House. Most likely, Bush still wins, but he's saddled with Lieberman as his VP, so with a tight Senate and a hostile VP, his Cabinet may look a lot different. 9/11 still happens, but the push to invade Iraq is a lot less likely, and the sole focus becomes Afghanistan and the Taliban.
 
He would definitely underperform his 1992 and 1996 numbers. At this point, most people would just see him as a kooky, egotistical perennial candidate; he definitely wouldn't win a state. In both 1992 and 1996, he took equal support from Democrats and Republicans, so it's hard to say with any certainty what impact he'd have ITTL, other than the fact that whoever loses would blame him for it.
 
He'll basically steal the election from either Bush or Gore, but at least TTL no one's blaming Ralph Nader for it. Some impact on Nader's presidential futures and the Green Party in general.

He's not winning a state, either.
 
I definitely wouldn't envision him taking any states, but one of the things that I was curious about was whether he could continue taking from both sides equally. From what I've read, the claims that he mainly hurt Bush seem greatly exaggerated to me, though circumstances in 1992 and 1996 were much different. With a relatively popular President in office, would he be able to attract as many Democrats as he had before? After all, Clinton and Gore were generally regarded as being more or less on the same page when it came down to the issues.
 
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