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...Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) was by all accounts a man of integrity, class and conviction. Throughout his 12 years in the Senate, both liberals and conservatives in Washington respected his principled approach to national politics. He was a senator who didn’t mind being on the losing side of 99-1 or 98-2 votes if he thought he was voting his conscience. In an era of combative politicking and bitter partisan feuds, Wellstone truly stood out amongst his Senate colleagues as a symbol of candor and sincerity; there was nothing phony or contrived about...
...begging you to help us win this Senate election for Paul Wellstone,” he said. Kahn even urged certain Republicans, by name, to stop supporting their party’s candidate and work for Wellstone’s replacement. He pleaded to U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-Minn.): “You know that Paul loved you. He needs you now. Help us win this race...
After paying his respects to Sen. Paul D. Wellstone (D-Minn.), who died last week in a plane crash, Hatch gave an account of his collaboration with Kennedy, stressing his conviction that he has gained much throughout his career from working with liberals...
These days, if you ask typical politicians where their conscience is, they will promptly direct you to their pollster’s office down the hall. Not Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.). I wouldn’t be surprised if the only poll he perused this year was the pre-election survey...
...lost a friend on Friday. To say that Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) was a friend of mine might be overstating the case, but I was certainly a friend of his. Five years ago, when I arrived on the floor of the U.S. Senate as a page, the senator from Minnesota was one of the first people to introduce himself to me. What made the situation unique and so memorable was he was one of the few senators who actually made an effort to get to know the pages. Each morning when he arrived on the floor, he would stop...