November 12, 2002
WHY WE LOVE POLITICS:
13 Days: Behind the scenes of Minnesota's historic election (Eric Black, Nov. 10, 2002, Minneapolis Star Tribune)Norm Coleman is at a loggers' rally. Walter Mondale is at a political fundraiser. Paul Wellstone is airborne.Everything is about to change.
This is a long but in many ways thrilling story about the MN Senate race, from the moment Paul Wellstone's plane crashed. It's obviously tinged with tragedy, but how can anyone say the fun has gone out of politics when you see all the twists and turns, mistakes and triumphs, brilliant ploys and catastrophic missteps it packs into just a fortnight? Posted by Orrin Judd at November 12, 2002 4:47 PM
Comments
This article is interesting and goes on at length about Coleman's strategy to paint Mondale as being out of touch, yet ignores the part of the speech where Mondale didn't know about the loss of Coleman's two children when he accused him of an "arbitary" belief in the right to life. That moment certainly threw Mondale off and made him appear out of touch and uninformed.
Posted by: Buttercup at November 12, 2002 5:47 PMYikes, I meant the part of the debate instead of speech.
Posted by: Buttercup at November 12, 2002 5:48 PMButtercup;
The press seems congenitally unable to even notice such moments.