On MSNBC's Today Show, Dan Quayle talked about the Georgian conflict and the end of John Edwards' career.
On John Edwards: "I do think he’s probably finished in elective politics,” Quayle told Matt Lauer on Monday. “In appointed politics, I don’t know. It depends on what he wants to do, and if he really wants to do something in his party, he can. If he wants to come back at some later time, not in an elective position, but to speak out on issues that he believes in and travel the country and the world, I think he’ll probably be able to do it.”
On Obama's VP Selection: “You have to think of people who have foreign policy experience. I think one of the outsiders who would be a very interesting choice — I’m not recommending this — is Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia. You’d have to put [New Mexico governor] Bill Richardson back on the list. And obviously, Senator Biden — if [Obama] wants to have two senators, which I’m not sure [is] what he really wants to have if he’s going to run an ‘outside-Washington’ campaign." He noted that the escalating tension in Georgia changes the situation considerably for Obama but not so much McCain.
On the Vetting Process: "It is grueling. They take all of your financial returns. They talk to your neighbors. It’s like an FBI investigation. What they want to do is turn you upside down, shake you, and see what comes out. The vetting process now has actually gotten more intense than what I went through in 1988 because you have news interests, particularly you guys and cable and the 24-7 [news networks], looking at all of these candidates, probing. So I think it’s far more intense for a much longer period of time.”
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