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Campaign Report: Quayle endorses George W. Bush
GREENVILLE, S.C. - George W. Bush picked up the support yesterday of former Vice President Dan Quayle. Quayle, who dropped out of the Republican race last year, said his service with Bush's father made him an expert. ''I know what it takes to be president of the United States, having been vice president and served with a great president for four years,'' he said. ''Of all the candidates that are running, I can tell you that Governor Bush is the most prepared to be the next president of the United States.'' Last August, before Quayle dropped out of the race, the leaders of his South Carolina campaign left him to support Senator John McCain. (AP)
Gore takes to the skies
NEW YORK - Secret Service agents called it unprecedented: a vice president (or president, for that matter) sitting on a commercial flight, snoozing like any other New York-to-Washington commuter. So it was yesterday on the 9 a.m. shuttle - US Airways Flight 6355 out of LaGuardia - when Al Gore decided to make a mad dash for Washington and Air Force Two wasn't ready to go. Gore hurried to Capitol Hill for a possible tie-breaking Senate vote that ultimately wasn't needed. Flight attendants looked surprised - routine-weary commuters mostly didn't notice - as Gore boarded with his armed Secret Service agents and a military aide carrying nuclear codes. (AP)
Cellucci calls McCain win a fluke
WASHINGTON - Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci discounted Senator John McCain's victory in New Hampshire's presidential primary as a fluke. With its relatively high percentage of independent voters, ''New Hampshire just likes to upset the apple cart,'' the governor said yesterday after testifying before a Senate panel on Internet taxes. Cellucci has known Governor George W. Bush for 20 years and endorsed his presidential run even before Bush announced his candidacy. (AP)
TODAY'S CALENDAR
Bradley campaigns in Maryland and Florida.
Gore is in California before flying to Washington state.
McCain and Bush are in South Carolina.
Forbes is in Delaware.
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