Actually katlaughing, Wellstone didn't work for any party but the Democratic party--he was rabidly partisan. Though very good friends and colleagues with people from other parties, he would work with them only if the work didn't interfere with the Democratic agenda he was pursuing.

Right now, I wouldn't say most of his fellow Minnesotans are cooperating all that well either, as has been made plain in the past 48 hours. In fact, come tomorrow morning, there will be a cooperative blood bathing among politicians interested solely in ripping at each others throats and going for the jugulars of their opponents. Politics is still very much a blood sport here, we just spread it around more than y'all do in Wyoming. ;-)