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May 9,2002 The Nation Paul Wellstone is a hunted man.
(John Nichols, The Nation, May 9, 2002)
Getting rid of Wellstone is a passion for Rove, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush and the special-interest lobbies that fund the most sophisticated political operation ever assembled by a presidential administration. "There are people in the White House who wake up in the morning thinking about how they will defeat Paul Wellstone," a senior Republican aide confides. "This one is political and personal for them." . . . His race is being read as a measure of the potency of progressive politics in America. If he wins, a blow will be struck not just against the Bush machine but against those in the Democratic Party who argue for tepid moderation.

[Editor's note: The above article was published on May 9, 2002. On October 25, 2002 Paul Wellstone, along with his wife, daughter and five others, were killed in a plane crash. How convenient that was for the Bush-Cheny junta. How sad it is for democracy.]

posted by Lorenzo 8:52 AM