There seems to be a general feeling that Gore just hasn't gotten his political act together. It's a perception among Democrats. It's a concern among Gore supporters.

When I first decided to act Amin, I had that perception of Amin as presented by the west,

To perceive means to immobilize. We seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself.

There has been a perception that the Safe Schools Act provisions (have) uniform application across the province,

He was desperate to control the voices, ... He had the sudden distorted perception that if he dropped bags of cement or shot at cars, it would attenuate the voices.

This is a particularly competitive race combined with the perception that the stakes are enormously high, and that has instigated all the donating, despite the fact that neither candidate inspires much passion.