The man who would be president - Bob Woodward

The odds are on J. Danforth Quayle, oft-reviled, much joked about, becoming the next president of the United States.;As the current vice-president, he automatically succeeds to the most powerful political office in the world if anything should happen to George Bush. And since Bush - who is 68 - collapsed at the Tokyo summit in January 1992, the state of the President's health has once again focused attention on Dan Quayle.;As Bob Woodward and David S. Broder also point out in this presidential election year, since 1952 all but one elected vice-presidents have gone on to claim their parties' nominations for president, and five of the last presidents served as vice-president.;"Washington Post" journalists Woodward and Broder investigate the man, his career and his influential wife Marilyn in this assessment, and ask "what if Quayle becomes President?";Bob Woodward's books include "The Final Days" and "All the President's Men" (with Carl Bernstein). He is assistant managing editor of "The Washington Post".;David S. Broder is the paper's leading political columnist.