After months of electioneering, Campaign ‘88 belongs to the historians and political scientists. Questions of the relative negativeness will fill hundreds of pages while analysis of the vote count should keep the finger pointers in a state of bliss for at least several years to come.

Now, the question becomes one of Bush’s capacity to govern. Depending upon which persons are assigned which cabinet posts will determine, in part, the success of the Bush presidency. One thing is very clear; it would be unwise for Bush to permit Dan Quayle any role as a decision-maker. Bush has suggested two roles for Quayle—Drug Czar and head of the National Security Council. Frankly, these positions are too important to leave to incompetence. Instead, Bush should permit the new vice president to participate as an observer at all important meetings in case Quayle would be called upon to assume the presidency.

When Dan Quayle was asked what he would do if called upon to lead, he said he would pray. While I’ve not been known for strong religious beliefs, if Quayle would be placed in that role, I, along with the rest of America, would spend the remainder of his term on our knees.

Thomas E. Graham

Ph.D Candidate, History