[Eric in the Ozarks]

That might have been part of it. But if I could pick my opponents like Socialist Skip Humphrey and (at the time) a recent GOP convert like Norm Coleman in a three way race, I think anyone could win if they worked at it, which Jessie did.

[Snuffington]

But if I could pick my opponents like Socialist Skip Humphrey and (at the time) a recent GOP convert like Norm Coleman in a three way race, I think anyone could win if they worked at it, which Jessie did.

Eric, you don't want to get me started (again). Tell me exactly how Jesse "worked at it." He got tons of free media coverage as a celebrity. He hired the same ad guy Wellstone used in his first campaign (who, politics aside, is excellent). Then Humphrey tried to siphon votes from Coleman by insisting upon including Ventura in the debates. Does any other great "work" Ventura did to get elected come to mind?