“So, in Kennedy's case, he was a Catholic. And people thought after the Al Smith election and so forth that a Catholic couldn't win in the United States. But when he was able to win in West Virginia, he proved that a Catholic could win, even in a heavily Protestant state.” PeopleStatesAbleWinningUnitedCasesUnited StatesCatholicElectionWestAlsVirginiaProtestantsWest Virginia Author:Geoffrey Cowan
“Reagan, people claimed, was too old to run for president and to be elected. But he proved himself such a vigorous campaigner in the primary system that he overcame those beliefs.” PeopleRunningBeliefPresidentPrimariesVigorous Author:Geoffrey Cowan
“I think Roosevelt proves himself to be the ultimate political force in this book. He really wasn't for primaries until he realized it was the only way in which he could challenge a sitting president then it becomes his crusade, is to create the primaries and to call for the people to rule.” PeopleThinkingWayBookPoliticalForcePresidentChallengesProveSittingUltimatePrimariesCrusades Author:Geoffrey Cowan
“But he [Franklin Roosevelt] specifically prohibits any black participation from the Deep South, something which just infuriates people who'd been his supporters and who'd believed in him and resides that he is just shockingly abandoned the right of the people to rule. It's a pretty horrible story in that respect.” PeopleStoriesBlackSouthHorribleAbandonedParticipationSupporterFranklin Author:Geoffrey Cowan
“The reverse is a system in which you basically let people who were leaders in one way or another - people sometimes decried as party bosses, people who are part of special interests make the decision. And I think that's a worse system than the one we have.” PeopleThinkingWaySometimesInterestDecisionPartyLeaderSpecialOne WayBossReverseSpecial Interests Author:Geoffrey Cowan