http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/dan-quayle-mike-pence-vp-225665Quayle salutes Trump for Pence pick
"It shows how he’s probably going to govern,” the former Bush 41 VP says in his first public comments since the announcement.
By Darren Samuelsohn
07/16/16 08:12 PM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS — Former Vice President Dan Quayle praised Donald Trump for making a “great choice” in picking Mike Pence as his running mate, telling POLITICO that the move would help calm a cross section of voters who may have otherwise been nervous about the billionaire real estate mogul atop the ticket.
“It gave a lot of comfort to Republicans, independents and some disenchanted Democrats,” Quayle said by telephone on Saturday in an exclusive interview. “It’s a great choice for Donald Trump and hopefully they’re on the road to victory.”
Quayle had already said in May he would support Trump in the general election, putting him a step ahead of both his former boss, George H.W. Bush, and his boss’s son, George W. Bush. Asked whether the former presidents were any closer to backing Trump, even if they won’t publicly say so, Quayle replied, “Clearly in their heart of hearts I should hope they would want a Republican president, but they can speak for themselves.”