Perot was just the fall-guy. Clinton was GHWBush41's longtime CIA asset. 'Poppy' Bush was upside-down with his numbers, just like Biden is, now. A ham sandwich was going to beat him... So he picked his own replacement - a guy who'd been working for HIM, since at least (Mena,)Arkansas.
I was in college during that election. Jerry Brown was offering only token resistance. Clinton had been to the Bilderberg Conference, the year before. Months after the primary, I found an indication that Tom Hayden had been running for the Democratic Nomination, on a message board . He'd actually spoken on my campus - and not only hadn't I heard about it - I didn't even hear that he was a candidate - and I was following the news, pretty closely.