Murray is interviewing Henry (Scoop) Jackson, who was three years into his first term as U.S. Senator and 16 years away from his own presidential floor nomination (by Jimmy Carter). He lost that one to George McGovern.
Anyway, in this case I'm more interested in the showcase of '50s hotel decor and men's clothing -- those drapes, that carpet, Scoop's summer-weight suit and eternal bow tie, Murray's disheveled-reporter get-up, right down to the unshined shoes. The audio guy looks pretty stylish though. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By his last year of broadcasting, Murray was frustrated with "the Senator from Boeing" over his hawkish stance on Vietnam. Just before the 1970 election, he said:
"There is only one state-wide race, for U.S. Senate, and it's a mismatch. The Republicans never entertained serious hopes of unseating Senator Jackson, and when their standard bearer polled fewer votes in the primary than the Democratic runner up, they simply gave up. After all, President Nixon called Jackson his kind of Democrat -- and who's to disagree?"
Scoop set a national record in that election, winning 83.9
percent of the vote over Charles Elicker, a Poulsbo businessman. Elicker was a good sport, making plans for his "defeat party" before the polls opened.
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