Ventura said yesterday, he would let the Minnesota Supreme Court sort out the ballot issues & make their recommendations, and he would follow their lead.

BTW, the source of the rumor that Wellstone's name couldn't remain on the ballot legally seems to be the attorney general's office, and he has already come out backpedalling on that today. Oddly, he held a press conference within hours of the crash, saying the party would have to appoint someone. Considering that he is one DFLer who's name was immediately as a possible replacement, and knowing he has designs on the top statewide jobs (ie Senate and/or Guv), people thought it a bit opportunistic to come out on the day with such a claim.

Nobody is accusing him yet of trying to make political hay out of this, but everyone agrees that if the Governor came out and said it was much too early to be speculating as to what the implications for the ballot would be, why the rush to judgment (which turns out to be very possibly be wrong today) from the AG's office? The Republican Secretary of State was a bit quick out of the starting gate too, claiming that anyone who voted for Wellstone via absentee ballot, their votes would not count, but Coleman's votes would (Coleman is the Republican candidate for Senate). What is it with Republicans always being in such a hurry to throw their opponent's votes out the window? Anyway, she (the Secretary of State) could end up with egg all over her face if the state Supreme Court decides that Wellstone's name can remain on the ballot after all.

Don't think this is anywhere close to Mondale on the ticket, and Wellstone off, folks. Not by a long shot. The media rush to decide who the people of Minnesota will get to vote for seems to be stopped dead in it's tracks today. Believe me, the Wellstone camp will come back out swinging. And before election day too.