Kevin Yoder Quotes
When you're in elected office, you always have to operate under the assumption that you're in a dog fight for re-election. It's when you don't prepare for a tough battle, when you're caught flat-footed, that you're vulnerable.
Yoder, Kevin. Interview. The Kansas City Star, The McClatchy Company, 2012.
The President was about to give his State of the Nation address that evening.
Ironically, Patton disapproved of the familiarity that Eisenhower would exhibit when talking to the troops. He was always convinced that Eisenhower wanted to go into politics. Historical analysis shows that the time Eisenhower had given no thought to a political career consciously, but Patton suspected him of desiring one and he thought Eisenhower skilled at politics.
Kevin Wayne Yoder is an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Kansas's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, Yoder was the Kansas State Representative for the 20th district from 2003 to 2011.