Quayle Sees Reform Party Threat, Urges Republicans to Act

With Patrick J. Buchanan “dead serious” about leaving the GOP, former Vice President Dan Quayle said Sunday, Republicans must get Reform Party members back into the fold or “we could pay another very serious price.”

Quayle, appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” said one way to unite the two parties would be for the Republican presidential nominee to “give very serious consideration” to also going after the presidential nomination of the Reform Party.

The decision of Sen. Bob Smith of New Hampshire to leave the GOP in July and Buchanan’s musings about following his lead show “there is frustration” that should not be dismissed as “malcontents leaving the Republican Party,” said Quayle, who is seeking the GOP nomination.