[Williams]

Plus I think Quayle’s spelling of “potatoe” is an acceptable alternate spelling?

[cookcounty]

Plus I think Quayle’s spelling of “potatoe” is an acceptable alternate spelling?

Correct.

Here’s an Oxford Dictionaries blog stating the spelling was often used by the New York Times and the Washington Post up until the fateful Dan Quayle Day That Changed History. After that, it was never seen again in either newspaper:

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/01/spelling-can-be-a-hot-potatoe/

[cookcounty]

Plus I think Quayle’s spelling of “potatoe” is an acceptable alternate spelling?

Correct.

Here’s an Oxford Dictionaries blog stating the spelling was often used by the New York Times and the Washington Post up until the fateful Dan Quayle Day That Changed History. After that, it was never seen again in either newspaper:

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/01/spelling-can-be-a-hot-potatoe/