The Wisdom of Adlai Stevenson

Today, Jonathan Alter noted an exchange between the late Adlai Stevenson and one of his supporters in the 1950s. It was too funny and too spot-on not to repeat here.

The last major presidential candidate from Illinois, Adlai Stevenson, was approached by a voter in the 1950s. "Governor, you have the vote of every thinking American," she said. "That's nice," Stevenson replied. "But I need a majority."

24 January 2007