Quayle: Obama's challenge is taming leftist Dems

[IndianaGreen]

Source: WTHR-TV

Quayle: Obama's challenge is taming leftist Dems

Updated: July 18, 2009 11:44 AM EDT

Stateline, Nev. - Former Vice President Dan Quayle gives President Obama high marks for surrounding himself with quality advisers on national security and the economy. But he says the verdict is still out on whether his Democratic administration will govern as liberally as he campaigned.

"I think his biggest challenge is to tame the left wing of his party," Quayle said in an interview with The Associated Press at Lake Tahoe.

"I guess we'll find out how `left' Obama really is because he's going to have to make some very tough decisions where he is either going to have to go with the left wing of his party or stare them down and govern more like (ex-president Bill) Clinton governed, which is sort of center-left. That jury is still out," said the Republican who served in the first Bush administration.

Quayle, who is playing golf at Lake Tahoe through the weekend at the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship, said Democrats had been out of power for eight years so "they just tried to throw everything out there and see what stuck and see what they wanted to do."

"To get elected, he clearly ran sort of center-left and we (the Bush-Quayle ticket) ran center-right. That's the normal situation. Same way with Reagan," he said in an interview after he finished his opening round Friday in a group with former Notre Dame basketball coach Digger Phelps and television personality Maury Povich.

"Now I think they will have to make some tough decisions," Quayle said. "He knows the deficit is menacing. Whether he is willing to stare down the left wing of his party and say, `Guys, we've got to get this budget in order before we take on too many things,' I don't know. I think the jury is still out."


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According to Dan Quayle, and DLC and Blue Dog Democrats, the problem lies with the very same people that gave Democrats control of Congress and the White House.

Has anyone here read what happened to the Kronstadt sailors in 1921? The very people that brought down the evil Tsar were themselves accused of being counter-revolutionaries. History repeats itself!

[KamaAina]

1. As usual, Mr. Potatoe Head has it exactly backwards

Leftist Dems' challenge is taming Obama!

[sfwriter]

54. Ha! I think you are spot on...

I was thinking he was right there for a minute.

[Bicoastal]

2. Wait--somebody actually decided to ask Dan Friggin QUAYLE for his opinion on Obama?

Should we ask Uwe Boll what he thinks about the films of Ingmar Bergman?

[marmar]

3. So says Mr. PotatOEhead

n/t

[alsame]

4. Advice from Dan Quayle

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[L. Coyote]

37. Losers know best. Though maybe he is winning at Celebrity Golf these days.

Obama's challenge is to behave like a Democrat and clean the Bushies out of the USG.

[David Zephyr]

5. "Now, watch this drive."

The best PR the Democrats have is letting Republicans speak.

[sutz12]

6. I just love how all these RW "geniuses" know so much about liberal thought.

:rofl:

Dan Quayle? :rofl:

I thought they were desperate with re-polishing the Buchanon turd, but Dan Quayle? Seriously? :wtf:

I think our biggest problem may be in igniting a fire under centrist Dems and Conserva-Dems.

They've been re-writing history by claiming that Bush was too liberal. Never any acknowledgement that it was conservative "principles" that got us into this mess. Nope, anything that doesn't work is automatically "liberal."

:puke:

[No Elephants]

22. It's not that they know so much about liberal thought. It's that they know what they want people to

think. Including about liberals. And what pressure they want on Obama and oher Democrats.

It was a lot of fun laughing at Dummya for saying things like "misunderestimated," wasn't it? Yet, he won twice and did exactly what he wanted for 8 years, nearly destroying the country and the environment in the process.

Dummya and Dan may well be dumb as they come, but the people behind them are crafty and, as best I can tell, amoral. A very dangerous combo.

Every time in my life that I misunderestimaed my enemy, I was wrong. So, I stopped doing that.

Just sayin'.

[sutz12]

31. I guess I should have included a sarcasm smilie...

I know the people behind the throne are the smart ones. I'm just tired of the whole scenario where a RWer gets to spout out crap about "what liberals think" and the M$M just regurgitates it like it's true or something.

[Political Heretic]

7. I think the majority of people here agree with Quayle

If that's not the case, then there would not be so many people smearing other DUers for using a critical eye toward the actions of our president, or insulting DUers for pointing out the fact that our congressional democrats are, by and large are weakened by their extreme entanglement with corporate money and the corporate lobby.

See sig.

[Moochy]

17. I'm sure that Dan's Vocal Supporters will show up here any time now

here doggie doggie!

[Iowa]

38. Well said Political Heretic! I agree. n/t

[TomClash]

8. Why wouldn't it be muzzling Blue Dogs? nt

[Pirate Smile]

9. Well, Obama's campaign arm is running ads against the Centrist Dems, not the "Left" Dems.

Obama Campaign Arm Doubles Down, Targets House Dems On Health Care

Ignoring criticism - namely from Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid - that inter-party targeting was ineffective, Barack Obama's campaign arm is expanding its health care ad buy into the districts of key conservative House Democrats.

Late Friday night Organizing for America and the Democratic National Committee announced the expansion of the "It's Time" ad purchase, which uses personal stories of health care struggles to drive home the need for reform. The initial purchase was on national cable and in eight states with critical Democratic and moderate Republican Senators.

Now the scope of the campaign is expanding. The ad will appear in the media markets that overlap with the congressional districts of 15 members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Twelve of those districts belong to Democrats, including Rep. Zack Space (Ohio), Rep. John Barrow (Georgia), Rep. G.K. Butterfield (North Carolina), Rep. Jay Inslee (Washington), Rep. Mike Ross (Arkansas), Rep. Bart Gordon (Tennessee), Rep. Baron Hill (Indiana), Rep. Charlie Melancon (Louisiana), Rep. Mike Doyle (Pennsylvania), Rep. Jim Matheson (Utah), Rep. Bart Stupak (Michigan), Rep. Jerry McNerney (California).

The three Republican districts belong to Rep. Fred Upton (Michigan), Rep. Mary Bono Mack (California), and Rep. Greg Walden (Oregon)

For reform advocates, the Energy and Commerce Committee remains the toughest venue of the three committees handling health care in the House of Representatives, in large part because of the Blue Dog and moderate Democrats that make up its ranks. In making this purchase, Organizing for America either is worried about the committee's progress or -- much more likely -- sending a message that it has no problem applying pressure on fellow party members.

No representative is named in the ad. But every one of the aforementioned members will know that the spots are airing in their districts. The markets where the ad will run, according to the OFA/DNC press release, are: Savannah, Palm Springs, Seattle, Nashville, Bloomington, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Little Rock, Columbus, Marquette, Grand Rapids and Medford.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/18/obama-campaign-arm-double_n_239258.html

[Fearless]

10. Could someone give me a decade when Dan Quayle was relevant?

:rofl:

[Downwinder]

11. Better yet a DAY.

[Fearless]

12. I'll even accept a fleeting moment...

:rofl:

[sutz12]

32. "I'd like to use one of my lifelines, Katie"

:rofl:

[Fearless]

43. Phone a friend... We have Zell Miller on line one!

:rofl:

[yellowcanine]

56. Well he was one heartbeat away from the Presidency for 4 years from 1989 -1993

How's that for a scary thought? Is that relevant enough for you? It is for me.

[8 track mind]

13. Go back into into the obscurity closet Mr. Quale. n/t

[Downwinder]

15. Classify him as a State Secret. Don't let him be seen or heard.

It is too embarrassing.

[No Elephants]

18. Obscure? Candice Bergen, bless her heart, made "Quayle" a pop culture

cognate for "Dumbber than you can possibly imagine." Of course, he gave her so much help that it may not be fair to give her the credit.

(Yes, I know it's misspelled.)

[rocktivity]

14. Dan "I Make Joe Biden Sound Diplomatic" Quayle?

He's NOT dead?

:boring:
rocktivity

[Moochy]

16. Where are the Wyld Du'ers who clearly agree with Dan?

Cmon out little blue doggies! Dan is endorsing a plank of your platform!

[Metta]

19. And his credibility is based on what? ... I didn't think so.

Who cares what he thinks? He was useless then, moreso now.

[No Elephants]

20. If I were Obama and ten chess moves ahead of Einstein, I might have paid Quayle to say that.

[UpInArms]

21. Memo to Quail (spelled especially for that spelling challenged POS)

STFU

and then in the immortal words of your own personal REPUBLICAN POS:

"Who cares what you think?"
(GWB to Bill Hangley - a Philadelphia writer who writes for Philly Tonite, the Weekly Press, City Paper, and many other, on July 4, 2001.

[shireen]

23. i'm sick of hearing this crap

WE, the left, are the problem? Because we want a fairer distribution of wealth in this country, a safety net for fellow citizens who fall on hard times, and to support our community? Because we understand that we're only as strong as our weakest link? Because we have a deep fundamental respect, concern, and empathy for fellow human beings?

These conservatives are very cold-hearted selfish self-centered people.

[Lorien]

53. I think you missed the thread about the 17 year old hiker yesterday

apparently much of DU believes "you're on your own, and if you slip up and fall on hard times, it's your responsibility to deal. Nobody should "volunteer" to help anyone". Selfishness is now a virtue here, too. :-(

[Cha]

24. Fuckin' dan qualye..

you're getting desperate.

[Grinchie]

25. Spoken from the man that gave GMO's the free pass to enter the food supply.

It appears that the Administrations recent appointment of Michael Taylor to the USDA again has made a lot of friends on the Republican side.

I know it made a lot of enemies in the people that the DLC see's as unreliable, social conscious voters.

[timeforpeace]

26. There have been some very unlikely people as vice-president in our nation's history.

[Downwinder]

28. And somebody was questioning Ventura's qualifications.

[retread]

27. Now the "Brains" of the Repugs are speaking out! I am suprised he didn't repeat this sage advice:

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."

[Bodhi BloodWave]

29. Reminds me of one of my fav quotes >D

"Masochists are people who have pain confused with pleasure. In a society which has television confused with entertainment, Doritos confused with food, and Dan Quayle confused with a national political leader, masochists are clearly less mixed up than the rest of us."

[BumRushDaShow]

30. The 'Quail' ought to keep an eye out for Cheney when golfing near the rough....

rather than worry about the Democrats. :rofl:

[thelordofhell]

33. PALIN/QUAYLE 2012

Batshit crazy stupid for a new generation!!

[democrat2thecore]

45. No, Dan Quayle looks like Lincoln compared to her. She's in a class by herself - nt

[MessiahRp]

34. He doesn't have to tame us... he's already ignoring us...

And he has a ton of Blue Dogs/DLCers and Republicans he does listen to. So frankly Republicans should shut the fuck up. They are only acting upset to present "opposition" so the public thinks there are two parties but they are all on pretty much the same page. That page being: Corporations rule America and non-rich individual citizens can fuck off.

Rp

[pokercat999]

35. Pokercat999: Quayle's problem is acting like a real human

being, very difficult for RW scum.

[Downwinder]

39. Especially when creationists consider humans to be

artificial life forms (organic computers with an integrated life support system, programed with a binary BIOS), created by an extraterrestrial alien in his/her/their image, that have not changed mentally or physically for 6,000 years.

[TankLV]

36. How come not once - NOT ONCE - did anybody say that about the RIGHT WING REPUKES?!!!

during all the crap they've pulled for the past TWENTY years!!!

[villager]

40. no, asshole, it's"taming" Blue Dogs...

n/t

[Best_man23]

41. Potatoe Head must be a happy man

Since the RNC found Wonder Tits (Palin), he is no longer the biggest dunce in the party.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

42. Mr. Ex-VP, You're no Jack Kennedy

And not much of a political commentator either. Stay out of the spotlight and avoid trying to embarrass yourself Dan. I know it is hard given your past history but, hey, you can always try

[bluesmail]

44. "Who cares what you think?" eom HA! think think think think

[xchrom]

46. dan --

:rofl: --quayle?!?!

[tabbycat31]

47. Mr Quayle-- you inspired the TV show "are you smarter than a 5th grader?"

now do you really think you have something intelligent to say.


And thanks for making me feel very smart, as I was in 5th grade at the time of your potatoe incident.

[Amonester]

48. Who?

So? :sarcasm:

[sandnsea]

49. Channel leftist energy

to help fire up the constituents in the Blue Dog districts, instead of attacking and creating division.

[Vinca]

50. Dan who???????

:rofl:

[Mari333]

51. tame??? in a pigs eye, you insufferable little twit. nt

[Lorien]

52. Kucinich? You mean Kucinich is the Big Problem for Obama?

Can ANYONE here imagine someone saying nine years ago "Bush's problem will be taming Right Wing republicans". No, because ALL repugs are "right wing". But it's now assumed that all Dems are supposed to be center-right while a few holdouts cling to nutty left wing ideas. It's sad to see conservatism triumph like this, but it has. Many younger Democrats see traditional Democratic values as "extreme" because they grew up in a post Reagan, post Fairness doctrine America.

[yellowcanine]

55. Dan who? "Women don't need abortions, they can get D&Cs," that Dan?

Yes he actually said that. And also, "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."


http://www.squidoo.com/quotebook - See Chapter 3

[Canuckistanian]

57. Ha! I was right.

I was thinking when I saw the OP title, "They must have interviewed him on a golf course or something"

And sure enough.....