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  • Born: 4 February 1947
  • Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Best Known As: George Bush's vice president (1989-93)

Dan Quayle was vice president of the United States under President George Bush from 1989-93. The son of an Indiana newspaper publisher, Quayle was elected to Congress at age 29 and in 1980, at age 33, he defeated Democratic powerhouse Birch Bayh to become the state's junior U.S. senator. Quayle continued his string of youthful successes in 1988, when he was elected vice president on the Republican ticket led by Bush, the sitting vice president under Ronald Reagan. Quayle's foes accused him of being an intellectual lightweight, and fairly or not the label stuck. His many verbal blunders were highlighted in the press, giving credence to those who claimed Quayle was in over his head. His most famous gaffe was in 1992, when he incorrectly "corrected" an elementary school student on the spelling of "potato" (Quayle instructed the child to spell it "potatoe"). Though he was tapped for mostly economic development issues, Vice President Quayle made his biggest splash as a champion of "traditional family values," especially after being critical of a popular television show that featured an unwed mother (the sitcom Murphy Brown). Quayle made an unsuccessful run for the 2000 GOP presidential nomination, which was won instead by Bush's son George W. Bush. He then joined Cerberus Global Investments, a private investment firm.

Quayle was the fifth Indianan to serve as vice president.

 
 
Political Biography: James Danforth Quayle

(b. Indianapolis, 4 Feb. 1947) US; US Senator for Indiana 1981 – 9, Vice-President 1989 – 93 Educated at De Pauw University in Indianapolis, Quayle worked in the family newspaper business in Indiana. In 1974 he was elected to the US House of Representatives at the age of 27. In 1980 he ran for the Senate at the age of 33 and defeated the incumbent liberal Democrat Birch Bayh. In 1986 he was easily re-elected to the Senate. From a wealthy background, he took a conservative standpoint on most issues. He was representative of the younger, conservative Republicans who came to dominate the Republican Party in the 1970s and 1980s.

In 1988 he was selected by George Bush as the vice-presidential candidate on the Republican ticket. Aged 39, his youth and conservative outlook gave him strong credentials for this selection. In the campaign, however, he was inept, and his image was destroyed. A series of campaign gaffes won him a reputation of stupidity, while his Democratic rival for the vice-presidency, Senator Lloyd Bentsen, made him look foolish and unsuited for such high office. Though elected Vice-President on the successful Bush-Quayle Republican ticket in 1988, he failed to throw off his image as an inept bumbler. He had little influence as Vice-President. He was not close to President Bush and he was openly despised by some of Bush's closest advisers, such as Secretary of State James Baker. Bush considered replacing him as vice-presidential candidate in 1992 but renominated him out of fear of offending conservatives and splitting the Republican Party by dumping him. In the 1992 campaign he compared unfavourably to his Democratic rival, Albert Gore. With the Republican defeat in the presidential election of 1992, he resumed his career in the family newspaper business in Indiana.

From a privileged background, with boyish charm and good looks, he enjoyed a glitteringly successful early career, winning election to the House and Senate at a remarkably young age and becoming an influential voice of youthful conservative Republicanism. He advanced too far too fast, however, and, as one of the least successful vice-presidents in the history of the United States, he became a figure of ridicule. He published his view of his career and philosophy of government in Standing Firm: A Vice-Presidential Memoir (1995).

 
Biography: J. Danforth Quayle

J. Danforth Quayle (born 1947) became the second-youngest member of Congress in history when he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1976. He was the first person from the "baby boom" generation to win a spot on a national ticket and was the fifth youngest vice president ever elected in the United States.

Dan Quayle was born in Indianapolis on February 4, 1947. He was the son of James C. and Corinne Quayle and the grandson of Eugene Pulliam, the founder of Central Newspapers Inc., a national chain of conservative papers. Quayle received his secondary education in the publics schools of Huntington, Indiana, his hometown. In 1969 Quayle graduated from DePauw University, where he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He attended law school at night at Indiana University, Indianapolis, and graduated in 1974. He was admitted to the Indiana Bar that same year. In 1972 Quayle married Marilyn Tucker, a fellow law student at Indiana University. The Quayles had three children - Tucker Danforth, Benjamin Eugene, and Mary Corinne.

After receiving his education, Quayle had very few jobs before running for public office. From 1969 to 1975, during law school, Quayle was a member of the Indiana National Guard. Also during law school he held several appointed positions in the Indiana state government. Afterwards, he worked as an associate publisher for the Huntington Herald press, a family owned paper, and founded Quayle and Quayle, a law office, with his wife. In 1976, with no political experience, he ran as a conservative Republican against Edward Roush, an eight-term incumbent Democrat, for a seat in the House of Representatives and won, becoming the second youngest representative in history. Quayle proved himself to be consistently conservative on all significant votes, enough so that the National Conservative Political Action Committee helped him in his bid for reelection, as they had in 1976. Much was made of Quayle's poor attendance record in the House during the 1978 campaign, but the bad press did not affect his popularity and he won by an overwhelming majority.

In 1980 Quayle ran for a seat in the Senate against another incumbent Democrat. This time his opponent was 18-year incumbent Birch Bayh, whom he also defeated. Quayle had no difficulty winning reelection to the Senate in 1986. The term was to last until 1993 but his selection as the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate, and subsequent election, resulted in his resignation. In the Senate Quayle had again voted conservatively, especially in areas related to national defense. However, his votes did not always fall along party lines. The most significant example of his independence from the right was the Job Training Partnership Act of 1986, which he introduced with Senator Edward Kennedy in 1982. His bipartisan efforts sometimes put him at odds with the Reagan administration, but he was not concerned with the possible alienation of the administration.

On August 18, 1988, in New Orleans, George Bush announced that his running mate for the presidency would be Dan Quayle. The public, the media, and both conservative and liberal politicians were caught off-guard by Bush's selection. Outside of Indiana very few people had heard of Dan Quayle. The primary reasons that Bush selected Quayle as a running mate were Quayle's conservative reputation, his Midwest origin, his relative lack of prominence, and no doubt his young age and good looks.

However, Quayle also brought undesirable scrutiny from the media. During his speech at the GOP national convention Quayle made reference to his time spent in the Indiana National Guard during the Vietnam conflict, which made people wonder if he was dodging the draft. This investigation revealed that Quayle might have used his connections through family-owned papers to gain admittance to the Guard. The media then examined almost every facet of his life and career. Among the issues brought into question were Quayle's admission to the Guard and to law school (without the usual requirements) and his privileged lifestyle. These facts, compounded by several poorly handled speaking engagements, led some members of the GOP to express reservations about Quayle's appointment, but Bush never expressed any thoughts about replacing him. Despite the excessively negative media coverage the George Bush/ Dan Quayle ticket did very well, overwhelming the Michael Dukakis/Lloyd Bentsen ticket at the polls.

Once elected, Quayle was given several jobs by the president, most notably a trip to several South American countries to gather information about the war on drugs. After a short time, the media became less interested in the spectacle of Dan Quayle and he was left alone to perform his duties as the vice president. After two years of his first term in that office, many conservatives hailed Quayle as an excellent vice president and as a conservative who remains non-compromising in his political orientation.

Yet Quayle did not return to the White House after the 1992 election, as Bill Clinton's victory forced Bush out of office. Even though Quayle would no longer be the Vice President, his stint in politics and the public eye was not yet over. In 1994, he published a book entitled Standing Firm. Quayle announced in 1995 that he would not seek election in the Presidential race, citing family and personal reasons for his decision.

Further Reading

The only biography of Quayle is The Making of a Senator: Dan Quayle, by Richard F. Fenno Jr., published in 1989. Although widely covered in the media during the campaign, the best periodical sources on Quayle are political journals such as Congressional Quarterly Weekly Reports and the National Journal.

 
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: James Danforth Quayle

(born Feb. 4, 1947, Indianapolis, Ind., U.S.) U.S. politician. After earning a law degree, he served as associate publisher of his family's Huntington Herald-Press (1974 – 76). He served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1977 – 81) and two in the Senate (1981 – 89). Chosen as the Republican Party candidate for vice president in 1988, he was elected with George H.W. Bush. During his term, Quayle traveled abroad on goodwill missions but was criticized for various verbal gaffes. He and Bush ran for reelection in 1992 but were defeated. He briefly campaigned for the Republican nomination for president in 2000.

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US Government Guide: J. Danforth Quayle, Vice President

Born: Feb. 4, 1947, Indianapolis, Ind.
Political party: Republican
Education: DePauw University, B.S., 1969; Indiana University Law School, J.D., 1974
Military service: Indiana National Guard, 1969–75
Previous government service: chief investigator, Consumer Protection Division, Office of Indiana Attorney General, 1970–71; administrative assistant to governor of Indiana, 1971–73; director, Inheritance Tax Division, Indiana Department of Treasury, 1973–74; U.S. House of Representatives, 1977–81; U.S. Senate, 1981–89
Vice President under George Bush, 1989–93

Dan Quayle left public life to work in his family's newspaper business as associate publisher of the Huntington Herald-Press from 1974 to 1976. He returned to politics when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, serving two terms. He was twice elected to the U.S. Senate from Indiana by large margins.

George Bush astonished his party and the nation by choosing Dan Quayle to be his running mate in 1988. Quayle had not been considered one of the leaders of the Senate, but his strongly conservative voting record helped Bush to solidify his base with the dominant wing of the Republican party. Press coverage was overwhelmingly negative throughout his tenure in office. Though Quayle had some accomplishments in the Senate (such as passage of an important job training bill), media coverage made it seem as if he were an intellectual lightweight.

As Vice President Quayle gathered a staff of experienced conservative intellectuals who helped him stake out his own policy positions and he lobbied with his former colleagues in the Senate for Bush's domestic program. As chair of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, he oversaw a major study on the effectiveness of the space program and was an advocate of a manned landing on Mars. As chair of the White House Council on Competitiveness, he promoted deregulation of business. He also implemented a “privatization” policy whereby cities and counties might sell airports and other facilities built with federal funds to the private sector. He was considered a strong supporter of Israel and was a strong proponent of military action against Iraq after it invaded Kuwait in 1990.

Quayle played a highly visible role in the 1992 Presidential campaign, attempting to shore up the Republican party's conservative base by campaigning against “the cultural elites” of the United States. He claimed that journalists, professors, abortion rights activists, and Hollywood television and music producers did not share the values of mainstream Americans. He attacked the television character Murphy Brown for having a child out of wedlock and thereby weakening family values.

A majority of the American public disapproved of Quayle's divisive campaign style; in the summer of 1992 national public opinion polls put his popularity at around 20 percent, and 60 percent of the public wanted Bush to choose another running mate. His failure to spell potato correctly at a spelling bee (he spelled it potatoe) prompted the comedian Jay Leno to quip, “Maybe he should stop watching ‘Murphy Brown’ and start watching ‘Sesame Street.’”

See also Bush, George

Sources

  • David S. Broder and Bob Woodward, The Man Who Would Be President: Dan Quayle (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992).
  • Richard Fenno, The Making of a Senator: Dan Quayle (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1989).
  • Andrew Rosenthal, “Quayle's Moment”, New York Times Magazine, July 5, 1992
 
(James Danforth Quayle), 1947–, Vice President of the United States (1989–93), b. Indianapolis. He graduated from DePauw Univ. (1969) and served in the Indiana National Guard (1969–75). The son of a prominent Indiana publishing family, he graduated from law school (Indiana Univ., 1974) and then became associate publisher and general manager of the Huntington Herald-Press. In 1976 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a conservative Republican. In 1980 he was elected to the Senate, defeating three-term incumbent Birch Bayh, and was reelected in 1986.

In 1988 Republican presidential candidate George H. W. Bush selected Quayle as his running mate. Although not taken seriously by the media at first, he became an effective speaker for conservative issues. He chaired the President's Council on Competitiveness, which attempted to reduce governmental and environmental regulation on businesses. Renominated in 1992, he attacked the “Hollywood” media and campaigned vigorously in defense of the Bush administration's record. Bush and Quayle lost the election to Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Quayle mounted an abortive run for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination in 1999.

Bibliography

See his memoir, Standing Firm (1994); R. F. Fenno, The Making of a Senator (1989); D. S. Broader and B. Woodward, The Man Who Would be President (1992).

 
Quotes By: Dan Quayle

Quotes:

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy -- but that could change."

"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."

"The peace dividend is peace."

"You do the policy, I'll do the politics."

"People that are really weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history."

See more famous quotes by Dan Quayle

 
Wikipedia: Dan Quayle
Dan Quayle
Dan Quayle

In office
20 January 1989 – 20 January 1993
President George H. W. Bush
Preceded by George H. W. Bush
Succeeded by Al Gore

In office
3 January 1981 – 3 January 1989
Preceded by Birch Bayh
Succeeded by Dan Coats

In office
January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1981
Preceded by J. Edward Roush
Succeeded by Dan Coats

Born February 4 1947 (1947--) (age 61)
Indianapolis, Indiana
Political party Republican
Spouse Marilyn Tucker Quayle
Alma mater Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis and DePauw University

James Danforth[1][2] "Dan" Quayle (born February 4 1947) is an American politician and a former Senator from the state of Indiana. He was the forty-fourth Vice President of the United States under George H. W. Bush (19891993).

Early life

Quayle was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Martha Corinne Pulliam and James C. Quayle. He has often been incorrectly referred to as James Danforth Quayle III. In his memoirs, he points out that his birth name was simply James Danforth Quayle. The name Quayle originates from the Isle of Man.[3]

His maternal grandfather, Eugene C. Pulliam, was a wealthy and influential publishing magnate who founded Central Newspapers, Inc., owner of over a dozen major newspapers such as the Arizona Republic and The Indianapolis Star. James C. Quayle moved his family to Arizona in 1955 to run a branch of the family's publishing empire. While the Quayle family was very wealthy, Dan Quayle was less so; his total net worth by the time of his election in 1988 was less than a million dollars.[4]

After spending much of his youth in Arizona, he graduated from Huntington High School in Huntington, Indiana, in 1965. He then matriculated at DePauw University, where he received his B.A. degree in political science in 1969, and where he was a member of the fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon. After receiving his degree, Quayle joined the Indiana Army National Guard and served from 1969–1975, attaining the rank of Sergeant. While serving in the Guard, he earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in 1974 at Indiana University School of Law Indianapolis. It was at law school where Dan met his wife, Marilyn, who was taking night classes at the time. They married ten weeks later on November 18, 1972 and have three children: Tucker, Benjamin, and Corinne.

Quayle's public service began in July 1971 when he became an investigator for the Consumer Protection Division of the Indiana Attorney General's Office. Later that year, he became an administrative assistant to Governor Edgar Whitcomb. From 1973 to 1974, he was the Director of the Inheritance Tax Division of the Indiana Department of Revenue. Upon receiving his law degree, Quayle worked as associate publisher of his family's newspaper, the Huntington Herald-Press, and practiced law with his wife in Huntington.

Early political career

In 1976, Quayle was elected to the U.S. Congress from Indiana's Fourth Congressional District, defeating eight-term incumbent Democrat J. Edward Roush. He won reelection in 1978 by the greatest percentage margin ever achieved to that date in the northeast Indiana district. In 1980, at age 33, Quayle became the youngest person ever elected to the U.S. Senate from the state of Indiana, defeating three-term incumbent Democrat Birch Bayh. Making Indiana political history again, Quayle was reelected to the Senate in 1986 with the largest margin ever achieved to that date by a candidate in a statewide Indiana race. His 1986 victory was notable because several other Republican Senators elected in 1980 were not returned to office.

In 1986, Quayle received much criticism from his fellow Senators for championing the cause of Daniel Manion, a candidate for a federal appellate judgeship, who was in law school one year above Quayle.[5] The American Bar Association had evaluated him as qualified, its lowest passing grade.[6] Manion was nominated for U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on February 21 1986, and confirmed by the Senate on June 26 1986. As of 2008, Manion continues to serve on the Seventh Circuit.

Vice Presidency

Vice President Quayle bust from the Senate collection
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Vice President Quayle bust from the Senate collection

At the 1988 Republican National Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, George H. W. Bush called on Quayle to be his running mate in the general election. Quayle was chosen to appeal to a younger generation of Americans and his good looks were praised by Senator John McCain, who said "I can't believe a guy that handsome wouldn't have some impact."

This decision was criticized by many who felt that Quayle did not have enough experience to be President should something happen to Bush. Questions were raised about Quayle's use of family connections to get into the Indiana National Guard and thus avoid possible combat service in the Vietnam War.[7] Although Republicans were trailing by up to 15 points in public opinion polls taken prior to the convention, they received a significant boost that put them in the lead, which they did not relinquish for the rest of the campaign.

There was much criticism of Quayle after the campaign's televised vice-presidential debate, in which he compared his amount of Congressional experience to that of John F. Kennedy when he was running for president. Democratic candidate Lloyd Bentsen said in rebuttal, "Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy," to which a noticeably surprised and unprepared Quayle replied, "That was really uncalled for, Senator," as both applause and boos were heard from the debate audience. Bentsen replied that it was Quayle who had made the initial comparison. Quayle's reaction to Bentsen's comment was played and replayed by the Democrats in their subsequent television ads as an announcer intoned: "Quayle: just a heartbeat away." Comedians riffed on the exchange, and an increasing number of editorial cartoons depicted Quayle as an infant or child. Though the controversy generated much press, public opinion polls did not significantly change, and the Republicans maintained a solid lead. Although Quayle was significantly embarrassed by the incident, in his version of events, he contended that he had accomplished what he had planned in the debate; which was to scorn the "liberal" record of Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, while avoiding direct comparison with the far more accomplished and polished Bentsen.

The Bush/Quayle ticket went on to win the November election by a 53-46 margin, but sweeping 40 states and capturing 426 electoral votes.

On February 9 1989 President Bush named Quayle head of the Council on Competitiveness. In contrast with his two immediate successors, Vice Presidents Gore and Cheney, Quayle had a limited role in policymaking.

Throughout his time as Vice President, Quayle was widely ridiculed in the media and by many in the general public, in both the USA and overseas, as an intellectual lightweight.[8] For example, Quayle received the satirical Ig Nobel Prize for "demonstrating, better than anyone else, the need for science education" in 1991. Critics facetiously remarked that Quayle was a good reason for even Bush's critics to pray for Bush's health and that he was the only Vice President who made his President "impeachment-proof."

Contributing greatly to the perception of Quayle's incompetence was his tendency to make public statements which were either self-contradictory ("We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward"), logically redundant ("The future will be better tomorrow"), obvious ("For NASA, space is still a high priority"), geographically wrong ("I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."), fallacious ("It's time for the human race to enter the solar system"),[9][10] or painfully confused and inappropriate, as when he addressed the United Negro College Fund, whose slogan is "A mind is a terrible thing to waste," Quayle said "You take the United Negro College Fund model that what a waste it is to lose one's mind or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."[11]

As Vice President, Quayle was the first chairman of the National Space Council, a space policy body reestablished by statute in 1988. Shortly after Bush announced the Space Exploration Initiative, which included a manned landing on Mars, Quayle was asked his thoughts on sending humans to Mars. His response was stunning for the number of errors he made in just a few short sentences. "Mars is essentially in the same orbit [as earth]....Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."[12]

His most famous blunder occurred when he corrected a student's correct spelling of "potato" to "potatoe" at an elementary school spelling bee in Trenton, New Jersey, on June 15, 1992.[13] According to his memoirs, Quayle was uncomfortable with the version he gave, but did so because he decided to trust what he described as incorrect written materials provided by the school. He informed student William Figueroa that he had misspelled the word "potato", when in fact Figueroa had spelled it correctly. Quayle then had Figueroa add an "e", not only making it incorrect, but once again making himself a target with this obvious misspelling. Quayle was widely lambasted for his apparent inability to spell the word "potato." Figueroa was a guest on Late Night with David Letterman and was asked to lead the pledge of allegiance at the 1992 Democratic National Convention. The event became a lasting part of Quayle's reputation.

On May 19, 1992, Quayle gave a speech to the Commonwealth Club of California on the subject of the Los Angeles riots. In this speech Quayle blamed the violence on a decay of moral values and family structure in American society on Adrian Shanker. In an aside, he cited the fictional title character in the television program Murphy Brown as an example of how popular culture contributes to this "poverty of values", saying: "[i]t doesn't help matters when primetime TV has Murphy Brown—a character who supposedly epitomizes today's intelligent, highly paid, professional woman—mocking the importance of fathers, by bearing a child alone, and calling it just another 'lifestyle choice.'" Quayle drew a firestorm of criticism from feminist and liberal organizations and was widely ridiculed by late-night talk-show hosts for this remark. The "Murphy Brown speech" became one of the most memorable incidents of the 1992 campaign. Long after the outcry had ended, the comment continued to have an effect on U.S. politics. Stephanie Coontz, a professor of family history and the author of several books and essays about the history of marriage, says that this brief remark by Quayle about Murphy Brown "kicked off more than a decade of outcries against the 'collapse of the family.'"[14] In 2002, Candice Bergen, the actress who played Brown, said "I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless, but his speech was a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than I did."[15]

However, Bergen's June 23, 1998, response, published in an Op-Ed piece in the New York Times, was more direct. The full text of her response read as follows:

The first time my name appeared in The New York Times linked with Dan Quayle's -- when he accused the character I played, Murphy Brown, of glamorizing out-of-wedlock pregnancy -- I decided not to reply. I had no desire to heap ridicule and scorn on the Office of the Vice President, especially when Mr. Quayle seemed to be doing a fine job of that all by himself. But this latest broadside from the Quayle camp is too much to let pass. Lisa Schiffren (Op-Ed, June 12), a former speechwriter for Mr. Quayle, misused several quotes from an interview I did with the Los Angeles Times to suggest that I was admitting that Mr. Quayle was a lone visionary whose speech had been right all along. She quotes me as saying that family values "was the right theme to hammer home," that "I agreed with all of it except his references to the show," and that "the body of the speech was completely sound." Since that quote serves as the crux of her argument, let me print what she left out: "it was an arrogant and uninformed posture, but the body of the speech was completely sound." In fact, Mr. Quayle hurled an accusation at a show he had never seen in an effort to turn it into a political Monday Night Football. At no point did "Murphy Brown" glamorize single motherhood or disparage the role of a father in raising a child. Ms. Schiffren is now a "full-time mother of two and an occasional writer." Not every woman has the luxury to make that choice. Perhaps next time she'll put her talent toward a candidate who would work to eliminate that problem.[16]

1992 election

During the 1992 election, Bush and Quayle were challenged in their bid for reelection by the Democratic ticket of Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee Senator Al Gore, as well as the independent ticket of Texas businessman H. Ross Perot and retired Admiral James Stockdale.

As Bush lagged in the polls in the weeks preceding the August 1992 Republican National Convention, some Republican strategists (led by Secretary of State James Baker III), viewed Quayle as a liability to the ticket and pushed for his replacement.[17] Quayle survived the challenge and secured re-nomination.[18]

Quayle faced off against Gore and Stockdale in the vice-presidential debate on October 13, 1992. Quayle attempted to avoid the one-sided outcome of his debate with Lloyd Bentsen four years earlier by staying on the offensive. Quayle criticized Gore's book Earth in the Balance with specific page references, though his claims were subsequently criticized for inaccuracy.[19] Quayle's closing argument sharply asked voters "Do you really believe Bill Clinton will tell the truth?" and "Do you trust Bill Clinton to be your president?", whereas Gore and Stockdale talked more about the policies and philosophies they espoused.[20] Republicans loyalists were largely relieved and pleased with Quayle's performance, and the Vice President's camp attempted to portray it as an upset triumph against a veteran debater. However, post-debate polls were mixed on whether Gore or Quayle had won.[21] Like most vice-presidential debates, it ultimately proved to be a minor factor in the election, which Bush and Quayle would subsequently lose.

Quayle's presence on the ticket in 1992 was not viewed as a significant cause of Bush's defeat, leaving the possibility open for a future bid for national office. In fact, during the Bush/Quayle term in office, an increase in income tax rates was supported by Bush, in clear contradiction to his much vaunted earlier pledge of "no new taxes" . This contributed to the erosion of support for re-election of the Republican ticket in 1992. In later interviews and memoirs, those included in the decision to support an increase in taxes stated that Quayle was the most vocal opponent.

Post-vice presidency

Quayle considered but decided not to run for Governor of Indiana in 1994.

He pulled out of his bid for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination, citing health problems related to phlebitis.

In April 1999, he announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for 2000, attacking George W. Bush by saying "we do not want another candidate who needs on-the-job training". In the first contest among the Republican candidates, the Ames Straw Poll of August 1999, he finished eighth. Commentators said that while he had the most political experience among prospective candidates (over Bush and Elizabeth Dole) and potential grassroots support among conservatives, his campaign was hampered by the legacy of his vice-presidency. He withdrew from the race the following month and supported Bush.

It was reported in the May 5, 2007 New York Times in an article about a lawsuit filed by Greg LeMond against Timothy Blixseth, that Dan Quayle and Bill Gates both have homes in the ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club, a Rocky Mountain ski and golf club located just north of Yellowstone National Park in Montana. Lots at the club cost in range of $2 million to $10 million; about 85 houses are built there and cost from $3 million to $10 million; annual dues are $16,000.[22]

Dan Quayle is Chairman of an international division of Cerberus Capital Management, a multi-billion dollar private equity firm, and president of Quayle and Associates. He is an Honorary Trustee Emeritus of the Hudson Institute.

Quayle also authored his memoir, Standing Firm, which became a bestseller. His second book, The American Family: Discovering the Values that Make Us Strong, was published in the spring of 1996 and a third book, Worth Fighting For, was published in 1999. Quayle also writes a nationally syndicated newspaper column, serves on a number of corporate boards, chairs several business ventures, and was chairman of Campaign America, a national political action committee. As chairman of the international advisory board of Cerberus Capital Management, he recruited former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney who would have been installed as chairman if Cerberus had successfully acquired Air Canada.

The Quayles live in Paradise Valley, Arizona.

Dan Quayle signed the statement of principles of the Project for the New American Century.

Quayle is the only vice president (without having become president) to have a museum, The Dan Quayle Center and Museum in Huntington, Indiana. The museum features information on Quayle and all U.S. vice presidents.

As of 2008, Quayle is the only living former vice president never to have received his party's nomination for the presidency. (Walter Mondale was nominated by his party in 1984, George H. W. Bush in 1988 and 1992, and Al Gore in 2000. Since 1952, only two other U.S. vice presidents have not gone on to be nominated for the presidency: Spiro Agnew, who was the heir-apparent to Richard Nixon, but was indicted and resigned in disgrace in 1973; and Nelson Rockefeller, who died two years after his term ended.) Dick Cheney will become another US Vice President who as of yet has not received the nomination of his party when he leaves office on January 20, 2009.

Electoral history

  • 1976 Race for U.S. House of Representatives — 4th District
    • Dan Quayle (R), 54%
    • Ed Roush (D) (inc.), 45%
  • 1978 Race for U.S. House of Representatives — 4th District
    • Dan Quayle (R) (inc.)
  • 1980 Race for U.S. Senate
  • 1986 Race for U.S. Senate
    • Dan Quayle (R) (inc.), 61%
    • Jill Long (D), 39%

Published material

  • Worth Fighting For, W Publishing Group, July 1999, ISBN 0-8499-1606-2
  • Standing Firm: A Vice-Presidential Memoir, Harper Collins, May 1994. hardcover, ISBN 0-06-017758-6; mass market paperback, May, 1995; ISBN 0-06-109390-4; Limited edition, 1994, ISBN 0-06-017601-6

Footnotes

  1. ^ QUAYLE, James Danforth (Dan) - Biographical Information
  2. ^ U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > J. Danforth Quayle, 44th Vice President (1989-1993)
  3. ^ Ancestry of Dan Quayle (b. 1947)
  4. ^ Ramesh Ponnuru, No Joke: Dan Quayle runs to win, National Review, April 5, 1999, accessed May 16 2007.
  5. ^ http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1470
  6. ^ Squeeze Play - TIME
  7. ^ "Quayle Under Glass," Ander Plattner et al., U.S. News and World Report, August 29, 1988, p.32
  8. ^ The value and vitality of V.P.s | The San Diego Union-Tribune
  9. ^ Dan Quayle Quotes - The Quotations Page
  10. ^ http://www.snopes.com/quotes/quayle.htm
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  12. ^ William E. Burrows, This New Ocean ISBN 0-679-44521-8, p.576
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  15. ^ "Candice Bergen agrees with Quayle", CNN.com - Entertainment: Showbuzz, CNN, 2002-07-11. Retrieved on 2008-01-11. 
  16. ^ Murphy Brown's Values - New York Times
  17. ^ Rumor has it that Cheney's on way out / Theory appears far-fetched but is making the rounds
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  19. ^ FAIR MEDIA ADVISORY: Post-Debate Fact-Checking Is Media's Main Job
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  22. ^ NY Times, "New Twists and New Bitterness in Suit Over Montana Resort", May 5, 2007 [2]

Further reading

  • What a Waste It Is to Lose One's Mind: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Dan Quayle, Quayle Quarterly (published by Rose Communications), April 1992, ISBN 0-9629162-2-6
  • Joe Queenan, Imperial Caddy: The Rise of Dan Quayle in America and the Decline and Fall of Practically Everything Else, Hyperion Books; October 1992 (1st edition). ISBN 1-56282-939-4
  • Richard F. Fenno, Jr. , The Making of a Senator: Dan Quayle, Congressional Quarterly Press, January 1989. ISBN 0-87187-506-3

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