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Quote from Norman Bates: "It has been 14 YEARS since Quayle has left the public's eye."
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"Quayle pulled out of his bid for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination, citing health problems. In April 1999, he announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for 2000. In the first contest among the Republican candidates, the Iowa straw poll of June 1999, he finished eighth. He withdrew from the race the following month."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Quayle

**It has NOT been 14 years since Quale left the public eye. He left the public eye in 1999 when he withdrew from the Presidential race.

I know about '99. Having G.W. Bush as the frontrunner sucked the air out of his campaign (which appealed to a similar traditional conservative base). Quayle would've been in the top tier, because then he would've had the substantial backing of Bush 41 elements which otherwise went to his son. Like you said, he opted not to run in '96 (a shame) and dropped out very early in '99. He has been out of the public's eye since '93, if I may add the word, largely. Further, I did not capitalize the word "years" (I was and am not "yelling," to be clear). Can we be candid about one thing? Let's agree that we ought to welcome a strong field of conservatives in '08. Whether you think the man is "strong" or not, let the field work it out. Give the man a chance.