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By Ryan Thornburg
Washingtonpost.com Staff
Tuesday, April 13, 1999

There's a sign-making session at Huntington High School today. The Indiana town is preparing for the return of hometown hero Dan Quayle, who will be there on Wednesday to announce his presidential candidacy – again. It was in Huntington in 1988 that Quayle and his loyal local legions turned the heat on the reporters who dared to question Quayle.

"I'm not sure he's going to win or whatever." – Betty Bauer, mother of GOP presidential candidate Gary Bauer. (Lexington Herald Leader, April 12)

"People remember," said Marj Hiner, a close friend of Quayle's and a Huntington resident. "They were insulting one of ours. There's a lot of local loyalty." So Huntington will look just right for the media again this year. One person is organizing students to wave signs in front of the cameras, another is making sure Nick's restaurant is stocked with Quayle supporters when reporters come looking for local color.

• Quayle's Backers See History in the Making (Indianapolis Star/News, April 11)
• White House 2000: Dan Quayle (washingtonpost.com)

Ventura Uses E-Mail to Rally Supporters
Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura (Reform) for the first time used his 7,000-member JesseNet e-mail list this week to ask supporters to call or write key state legislators and pressure them into supporting $60 million of light-rail transit construction.
• Ventura Activates His Online Supporters via JesseNet (The Star-Tribune, Minneapolis, April 13)

Giuliani Begins Raising Money for Senate Race
New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R) registered his political action committee with the Federal Elections Commission on Monday to allow him to raise money for a 2000 Senate bid to replace retiring Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D). First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, also considering a bid, is scheduled to tour New York for three days next week.
• Giuliani Takes Another Step Toward a Race for the Senate (The New York Times, April 13, registration required)

Rematch Could Pit Old Gubernatorial Rivals in N.J. Senate Race
New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (R) could face the man she defeated for that office, former governor Jim Florio (D), in next year's race to replace retiring Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D).
• New Jersey's Whitman May Meet Her Rematch (The New York Times, April 12, registration required)

Term Limits at Issue in La. House Race, Elsewhere
The opponents of Louisiana Republican congressional candidate Monica Monica are criticizing her promise to limit her term in Congress to six years if she is elected. Monica is running to replace Bob Livingston (R) in the 1st District.
• 1st District Foes Accuse Monica of Hypocrisy on Term-Limit Issue (The Advocate, Baton Rouge, April 13)

Rep. George Nethercutt (R-Wash.) is under fire for contemplating another reelection bid, after promising in 1994 that he would only serve six years.
• Term-Limit Promise Haunts Nethercutt (The Seattle Times, April 12)

Lawmakers may repeal term limits in Maine and elsewhere.
• First Rumblings of a Backlash to Term Limits (The Christian Science Monitor, April 12)

Ryan Thornburg can be reached at ryan.thornburg@washingtonpost.com