Walter Mondale??? Geez, that guy's like malaria; just when you think it's gone, ...
He apparently forgot the mantra of all good Minnesota leftists, WWWD (What Would Wellstone Do), when choosing a position. (Yes, there really are WWWD bumper stickers here.)
I'll never forget the time I saw old Fritz. I was a bellman at the Omni Shoreham Hotel (Wash. D.C.) IN 1988, an old Volkswagon Rabbit pulled up at the front door, I mean a rickety POS car...and out from the drivers side popped old Mondale. He came into the lobby, used the phone and left.