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 said he was the Nixon of his generation .