You win some, you lose some...

[Stuart G]

Joe Sestek wins in PA...a victory for youth, the older guys move on...seems like a good deal?...

any one remember a great humanatarian and Senator from Illinois...Paul Douglas..??

During the 1966 election, Douglas, then 74, ran for a fourth term in office against Republican Charles H. Percy, a wealthy businessman. A confluence of events, including Douglas' age, unhappiness within the Democratic Party ] over his support for the Vietnam War and open housing laws, as well as sympathy for Percy over the recent, unsolved murder of his daughter, caused Douglas to lose the election in an upset.

After losing his seat in the Senate, Douglas taught at the New School, chaired a commission on housing, and wrote books, including an autobiography, In the Fullness of Time.

In the early 1970s, he suffered a stroke and withdrew from public life. On September 24, 1976, he died at his home. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered in Jackson Park near the University of Chicago.

from the University of Chicago Library..


http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl/phdouglas.html

From Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas

[murielm99]

1. I remember him.

My parents were upset over his loss. He was a great liberal. My parents thought that part of the reason for his loss may have been his age.

His wife was a good liberal as well. I remember reading a biography of Margaret Sanger that she wrote. That was before all the vicious attacks on Planned Parenthood by the loony right wing.

[ColesCountyDem]

2. Paul and my grandfather were great friends.

I remember him very well. A very, VERY nice man-- brilliant, too-- but one who had little time for fools.

:)