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    AP source: Ex-VP Dan Quayle to endorse Romney

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dan Quayle is endorsing Mitt Romney for president, Republican officials told The Associated Press Monday.

    Quayle plans to announce his support for the former Massachusetts governor Tuesday afternoon at an event in Paradise Valley, Ariz., where Quayle has a home.

    Quayle served as vice president under President George H.W. Bush. He was a House member from Indiana for two terms and a U.S. senator.

    Quayle has largely stayed out of the national political spotlight in recent years, though he did mount an unsuccessful presidential bid in 2000. A series of gaffes during his vice presidency made him the subject of late night comedians' punch lines.

    His endorsement helps illustrate establishment GOP backing for Romney, who has been trying to consolidate support among party stalwarts despite repeated challenges from conservative alternatives. The latest, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, has been leading in polls both nationally and in critical early states.

    Quayle served under Bush, who met with Romney last week at his Houston home. The elder Bush did not offer his endorsement.

    Quayle's son, Rep. Ben Quayle, was elected to the House of Representatives in 2010.

    A GOP official familiar with Quayle's thinking says the former vice president is backing Romney because he views Romney as the most credible candidate in the race. The official requested anonymity to discuss Quayle's endorsement ahead of the official announcement.

     

    602 comments

    • TL  •  5 mths ago
      Yep. That ought to put Mitt over the top.

      Do politicians actually think these endorsements mean anything to the average voter?
    • Robert S  •  5 mths ago
      Quayle must not like Romney....
    • Stephen  •  5 mths ago
      And Romney admits this?
    • Neutral Party  •  Winthrop, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Trump is supporting Gingrich now Quayle is supporting Romney. Man, the republicans are on the roll aren't they?
      • WD3007 5 mths ago
        Trust me this is all planned and staged to be this way..
      • John 5 mths ago
        Like rancid Promise.
    • Trollulah  •  5 mths ago
      Dan Quayle? How funny.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  5 mths ago
      Yes, Quayle would be a great president... he once remarked while in Phoenix that it was great to be back in California. He also, toasted the great state of Chicago.
      • Ray Wagner 5 mths ago
        Perhaps he was just weary from traveling the 57 states.
      • Iknowbetter 5 mths ago
        Ya, he was a real dipshit.
      • Happy to Be American 5 mths ago
        LOL ...I had forgotten about him. He's been sitting in a corner with a lettuce leaf on his head picking ants out of a log with a peice of broom for the past several years, I guess.
    • SAY WHAT U MEAN  •  Evansville, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Three steps back for his election ...
    • Joel  •  New Haven, United States  •  5 mths ago
      What? "Quayle to endorse Romney?" isn't that political suicide?
    • Sebastian  •  Irvine, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Well, that 'endorsement' just cost the Romney camp about 10 percentage points... :-D
    • Manny  •  5 mths ago
      potatoe.
    • sergio  •  Pompano Beach, United States  •  5 mths ago
      A Quayle endorsement is as good as one from Pee Wee Herman.
      • MasterNate 5 mths ago
        whoa, whoa that's an insult to Pee Wee Herman. I might vote for someone Pee Wee endorses.
      • Joseph 5 mths ago
        It's also as good as an endorsement from Herman Goering.
      • Sal 5 mths ago
        well now we know who the next president is. it is mitt.
    • The Audacity of Hype  •  5 mths ago
      There you go Mitt! You're in the Big Time Now Bro!! LMFO!!
    • MadeinUSA  •  5 mths ago
      A loser endorsing a loser. The humor just gets better.
    • Robert  •  Chicago, United States  •  5 mths ago
      That's about as good as saying, "The check out girl at my local Walmart endorses Romney".
    • Unrefutiated  •  5 mths ago
      A Quayle endorsement ought to be the kiss of death for the Romney campaign.
    • The Baron  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Who is next the Wal Mart Greeter in Cleveland or Ronald MacDonald?? Bet you Ronald can spell "French Fries"!!
    • OUTSIDE IN  •  5 mths ago
      This is wonderful news for the OTHER canidates
    • Hans J.  •  5 mths ago
      That's bad news for Romney!
    • common sense  •  5 mths ago
      HA HA HA HA HA HA HA the kiss of death!!! Let me see maybe fannie and freddie will come out and back newt? I LOVE WATCHING THESE IDIOTS!!!!
    • dave  •  5 mths ago
      LOVE it. Mostly because now I can place Mitt Romney- He is just so hopelessly 1989 isn't he? Stuffy, stiff, prepster sheen, humanoidish, etc. I mean he belongs to the political world of Quayles and Dukakises, not Obamas and Bachmanns. Poor Mitt who stepped into a time warp 22 years in the future. Poor poor Mitt.
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