Political Quotes

“I want to join my colleagues in thanking our friend, Senator Joe Donnelly, for his service to his State and our Nation. When he was about 30 years old, while he was practicing law in South Bend, Joe Donnelly sought the Democratic nomination for attorney general in Indiana. Two years later, he ran for State senate. Both times, he lost. Then he did something truly astonishing: He walked away from politics. For 10 years, he practiced law and ran a small stamp-and-ink business. In 2003, local party officials asked him to run for Congress. They didn't expect him to win--just be a respectable sacrificial lamb. He came closer to winning than anyone but he expected. Two years later, he was elected, in a rematch, to the U.S. House. As someone who also ran and lost three times before winning an election, I feel a natural camaraderie with my friend from Indiana. I think I may also have some insight into why he was willing to try one more time. You see, Joe Donnelly grew up in New York. He moved to South Bend for college, and he is a Hoosier, through-and-through, but he is also a member of the great White Sox Nation. In 2005, the Chicago White Sox won the World Series for the first time in 88 years--proof, some would say, that anything is possible if you persevere and work hard. The next year, it was Joe Donnelly's turn to score the upset victory by winning election to Congress from a red district in a deep-red State.…”