Whether it was the co-pilot or other methods, Wellstone was probably going to lose to Coleman and he wouldn't drop out like the Torch did so they had to eliminate him.
And re: Fritz Mondale, some seniors are young for their age but he is not. He's very slow and Lautenberg, the other senior running, he's not quite as slow but he rambles in circles. What does that say that the dems don't have any boomers of quality to run?