Pundits are wowed by his basic American- an American original (Mark Shields, NewsHour ; Tim Russert, Meet the Press ); an honest American (Shields, Capital Gang ); a genuine American patriot (Hunt, Capital Gang ); a genuine American hero (Dan Quayle, Fox News Sunday ); and the Bulworth of his generation (Clarence Page, ABC's This Week ).
Page called him the Bulworth of his generation.