According to Dr. [[Quentin Young]], "I can remember being one of a small group of people who came to [[Bill Ayers]]' house to learn that [[Alice Palmer]] was stepping down from the senate and running for Congress." Palmer identified [[Obama]] as her hand picked successor.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8630.html Obama once visited '60s radicals.], Ben Smith, Politico, February 22, 2008.</ref> | According to Dr. [[Quentin Young]], "I can remember being one of a small group of people who came to [[Bill Ayers]]' house to learn that [[Alice Palmer]] was stepping down from the senate and running for Congress." Palmer identified [[Obama]] as her hand picked successor.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8630.html Obama once visited '60s radicals.], Ben Smith, Politico, February 22, 2008.</ref> |