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Subject: 
Re: The Death of Paul Wellstone
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Fri, 25 Oct 2002 21:45:47 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> 
> > I curious as to the ramifications of his death.  Will the Democrats try and
> > elect another dead man?  Since Wellstone's wife died in the crash as well, you
> > can't have her serve as happened in the extremely bizarre election of the dead
> > senator Mel Carnahan of Missouri.
> 
> The Toricelli decision will embolden the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party to
> put in whoever they think is most electable, no doubt.

Actually, Minnesota state law allows them to do this up to 4 days before the
election.  Problem is the absentee voters who are voting for a *Democratic*
senate seat are going to be disenfranchised because votes for Wellstone will
not legally go towards the new Democratic nominee.

Speculation here is that a blast from the past will be named-- Walter Mondale.

-John



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  Re: The Death of Paul Wellstone
 
(...) The Toricelli decision will embolden the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party to put in whoever they think is most electable, no doubt. I'm saddened too. Especially since it happened in a light plane. (24 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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