Me too. Like Rush said in The Way Things Ought to Be, "DAN QUAYLE IS RIGHT!"
However, I had to face an immutable truth - no matter how much sense the man may make, the media did such a bang-up job sliming him as Veep that he will always be Mr. Potatoe Head to too many voters.
Yes, unfortunately.
Think of it this way. If you had liberals who hated your guts following YOU around 24/7, you'd probably have more than a few gaffs of yours reported in the media as well.
Still, it is sad. The man is bright, and I have had the honor of hearing him speak about conservative issues on a number of occasions.