Buchanan is currently trying to lower the threshold of 15 percent popular support needed to participate in fall presidential debates.
"The commission set such a high threshold in '96, in part to keep Perot out of the debates," Campbell says.
But even if Buchanan can gain a national forum, Campbell dismisses his chances as the Reform Party candidate.
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"He's a known quantity," she says, citing his two previous Republican primary defeats. "He's already showed he's a flawed candidate. His star has lost a little bit of his shine."