Ex-VP Quayle tells Palin to 'just be yourself'

By DEANNA MARTIN, Associated Press Writer

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Oct 15, 2008 at 10:57 AM EST

Story Updated: Oct 15, 2008 at 5:14 PM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Dan Quayle has a little advice for Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin: "Just be yourself."

Quayle speaks from experience: Twenty years ago, an older, experienced Republican presidential hopeful surprised many when he tapped the 40-something, little-known Indiana senator to be his running mate.

The former vice president said he's spoken with Palin since Sen. John McCain chose her for the GOP ticket in late August.

"I basically said, 'Look, just be yourself. You were selected by John McCain because of who you are and what you have done, and don't let them take anything away from you. Just go out and be yourself,'" he said.

Quayle was campaigning Wednesday for former aide Greg Zoeller, the Republican candidate for Indiana attorney general.

Recent national polls have shown Illinois Sen. Barack Obama ahead of McCain. The race is tight in Indiana, which hasn't chosen a Democrat as president since 1964.

Quayle cautioned against counting McCain out of the race and predicted Indiana would remain a red state on Nov. 4.

"I don't view this as a battleground state," he said. "John McCain's a fighter and he'll fight until the very end."

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