Bernie Sanders Quotes
Sometimes the media says, well, this state had an election, it's the end of the campaign. It is not. We have dozens of more states to go. We're feeling good about the future.
Sanders, Bernie. "South Carolina Primary Concession Speech." CNN, 27 Feb. 2016.
Ickes was a patrician Republican who was an extremely effective politician and administrator. FDR had invited Ickes to join the New Deal Cabinet. He accepted and was the New Deal’s best and most enthusiastic salesman other than President Roosevelt himself. He also campaigned vigorously for FDR. In this case Wendell Willkie, another patrician Republican, a businessman with almost no political experience sought and won the Republican nomination. Ickes defined and framed Willkie immediately with his own classic sarcastic wit.
This was the first time that an American President was “sold’ to the voters in the same way that consumer goods were marketed to the public. Within 20 year, all presidential campaigns have been used these merchandising techniques.
Bernard Sanders is an American politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Vermont since 2007 and as U.S. Representative for the state's at-large congressional district from 1991 to 2007. He is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history, although he has a close relationship with the Democratic Party, having caucused with House and Senate Democrats for most of his congressional career. Sanders unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party nomination for president of the United States in 2016 and 2020, finishing in second place in both campaigns. Before his election to Congress, he was mayor of Burlington, Vermont.
