Quayle Narrows Campaign Focus to N.H. Primary
Former Vice President Dan Quayle, seeking to revive his stuttering presidential campaign, is pulling significant staff and resources out of Iowa and other states to narrow his focus to the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary.
Quayle also will work to sharpen his political message for the fall by drawing starker contrasts to Republican presidential front-runner George W. Bush.
“The campaign has been quite boring, frankly,” said the former vice president, who will retain a minimal presence in Iowa. “We’re going to turn the temperature up.”
The remarks provided the first clue to Quayle’s plans for rebounding from an embarrassing eighth-place finish in last month’s nonbinding Iowa straw poll. Almost immediately, Republican strategists predicted Quayle’s donations would dry up and force his departure from the race. His South Carolina team bolted for another campaign.
Quayle will spend part of Labor Day weekend campaigning in New Hampshire.
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