Richard Nixon actually said...
And I have been thrilled by the fact that, as we have whistlestopped through Michigan today, we have had the biggest crowds in the history of every town we have been in on that whistlestop tour - and this can mean only one thing: that Michigan is going to vote for Paul Bagwell on the State ticket, for Jerry Ford for Congress, and I think for our national ticket as well on November the 8th.
Context
Remarks of the Vice President, Campau Square, Grand Rapids, MI
10/26/1960