[thoughtomator]

On one of those points I agree. Wellstone's death was probably not an accident. He was the most formidable long-term competitor to someone who has very conveniently had a lot of inconvenient people in her life die in small plane accidents.

[WorkingClassFilth]

As much as I am inclined to attribute the worst to the krintons, Wellstone died from the usual combination of circumstances - nothing more. His pilot was incompetent and lied on his resume; he was untrained on the aircraft he was piloting; and he was flying under conditions that we highly dangerous for this kind of aircraft. It was too bad for Wellstone and the others, but them's the brakes. I wouldn't wish that death on anyone, I'm glad he's gone.

The Red Star has sifted this quite finely and if they can't make a go of a conspiracy, then there isn't much to be found. As an aside, I was a the University of Minnesota the day of Wellstone's death. People were crying and somber and the place was like morgue. On MPR - that day - the conspiracy angle was tossed out for the first time that I've heard. In contrast, on 911, my College held a picnic with laughter, merriment and all the brats or soy burgers you could want.

[lesser_satan]

I don't think he was a viable competitor to anyone. He was at least as far left as Dennis Kucinich. Had he lived, he probably would have been beaten by Coleman anyway. Coleman was hugely popular at the time, and people were tired of Wellstone's broken promises (with regard to limiting himself to one term and not taking PAC money).