Posted on 02/12/2010 10:45:12 AM PST by freespirited
Just announced on FOX by Dan Quayle. I think this is the seat being vacated by J. Shadegg.
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Here come some more “potatoe” jokes from Letterman.
That’s my district and I have never heard of Ben.
The name Ben brings back memories of the movie “Willard.”
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/01/is_dan_quayles_son_going_to_ru.php
He’s a lawyer in Scottsdale.
Okay, I missed something here. I take it is an inside joke.
Ben Quayle?
Okay, I understand now.
Thank you.
WHOA! His kids are old enough to run for office! Wow.
Another decent family headed for screwtiny and humiliation.
It is truly amazing to watch Sarah absorb the slings & arrows.........hope she is inspiring others to take up the sword for sanity.
Good luck Ben Quayle.
*Quayle kid to run for Congress ping*
Does Ben Quayle have any roots in the area? I’ve never heard of him.
Well, he would’ve been there for the better part of 15 years when the Quayles relocated to AZ (which I said was a huge mistake on their part, as Dan could’ve ended up as IN Governor by 1996 and Marilyn could be in the Senate today instead of Bayh).
Has Marilyn Quayle ever been interested in holding office herself?
She had been talked up. They REALLY should never have left Indiana. Dan Quayle took a bad piece of advice from Richard Nixon about relocating west to reinvigorate his political career. Quayle could’ve walked away with the IN Governorship in ‘96 and put his detractors to shame instead of embarking on a quixotic Presidential bid that went nowhere. Marilyn could’ve also run against Bayh in ‘98, and she would’ve been a spectacular candidate and a credit to the Senate. Very smart lady.
Nixon advised Quayle to move? Had to screw the party one more time before he died?
Nixon wasn’t doing that to be destructive, he was giving advice based on his own expertise that he thought would help Quayle to be a future Presidential candidate (of course, Nixon died before seeing Quayle’s ‘96 abortive attempt for President), but in Quayle’s case, it really wasn’t necessary to do. It was about having Quayle establish a “second base” of sorts, to build on what he had in IN by relocating to AZ.
Nixon believed Quayle remaining in IN (and ostensibly going for the Governorship, as Nixon did in ‘62 in CA, as another way to the White House) was a mistake, and would harm his chances (were he to lose the Governorship) for the Presidency. Nixon’s run for Governor was ill-advised, period, it was viewed as opportunistic (it was pretty much seen as a straight-out attempt to make a rematch of the Presidency in ‘64), while he had to go through an ugly primary against someone who was more grounded in CA state politics, the stalwart Conservative Joe Shell, who was the sitting Assembly Republican Leader (and who had declared for Governor well before Nixon had). I think it was Shell that had the stronger possibility at upsetting Brown, but we’ll never know now.
Nixon outgunned Shell by a 2-to-1 margin, but Gov. Pat Brown had the upper hand and beat Nixon, 52-47%. I think Nixon had problems with solidifying Conservative support as well after his defeat of Shell, but the other problems I cited above, too, were present (and basically, the biggest problem of all, he didn’t WANT to be Governor, he wanted to be President). Add to that, after Nixon’s loss, he left CA and would eventually relocate to NY (from which state he was a resident in the 1968 elections, whereas in ‘60, he was a CA resident).
Quayle, unlike Nixon, was very popular in his home state, and wouldn’t have faced the same problems. He wouldn’t have been running against an incumbent (since Evan Bayh was termed out in ‘96), it would’ve been an open race, and he might’ve had a clear field (although that would’ve left the Indianapolis Mayor, Steve Goldsmith, one of the best municipal leaders in the nation at the time, and a champion of privatization, in a bind).
It simply would’ve been natural for him to come back and serve in an executive capacity. 8 years in Indianapolis would’ve gone a long way in demonstrating what kind of a leader he could’ve been, instead of the nasty media caricature of him.
So, as I said, Nixon’s well-meaning advice was about the most ill-suited Nixon could’ve given to Quayle.
That’s interesting. I’m glad you posted that. Thanks.
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