OK, no doubt they (Bush/Quayle) won in '88 riding Reagan's coattails, but IMO they lost in '92 because of Quayle...
Maybe. But then that point adds no credence to your statement about a VP candidate being 'unknown' to the American Public.
By 1992, Qualyle had been VP for 4 years, and was VERY well known to the public.
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A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
