Economist Pat Choate introduces CUIP leaders to Pat Buchanan who considers leaving the Republican Party and seeking the Reform Party nomination for president.  CUIP forms a left/center/right alliance with Buchanan to bring together his “peasant army” with CUIP’s progressive and urban base, provoking a public uproar over the ideological mismatch.  Lenora Fulani endorses Buchanan’s Reform bid but withdraws several months later after he violates his agreement to not tamper with the Reform Party’s internal party politics or attempt to turn it into a right wing party.  Buchanan campaign is tanked.