But can he spell potato?

The fascination with Quayle Jr. continues. This time, the Arizona Capitol trimes takes a deep look at Ben Quayle and his campaign for CD 3:

Almost everyone in Arizona has heard of Ben Quayle’s dad, but many voters have no idea where the younger Quayle’s priorities lie.

For the most part, he sounds a lot like the other candidates, touting pro-business, small-government policies and a focus on immigration reform. Unlike most of the other contenders, he has seen Washington politics from the inside and says he won’t be swayed by the glamour of D.C.

“I know how to avoid the pitfalls that sometimes happen with certain people who go to Washington, and I know how to get things done,” he said.

Many of Quayle’s contributors are from out-of-state, including heavyweight politicians such as former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former White House Chief of Staff John Sununu and former Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady.

Quayle also seems to have a never-ending supply of celebrities and dignitaries to bait potential donors. Former President George H.W. Bush held a fundraiser for him at Bush’s Houston home last May, and New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning was scheduled to appear at a fundraiser in New York last month.

Quayle’s money — his campaign had raised $558,727 as of May 31 — is particularly concerning to Rose and other consultants who are pulling for candidates who lack the gravitas to match Quayle’s donor list.

“I kind of liken it to giving a Middle Eastern county a nuclear weapon,” Rose said. “Ben Quayle with a million dollars, you just know don’t know what he is going to do with it. Is he going to use it wisely? Is he going to use it poorly?”

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