Even if the memorial had been the most partisan political event in the history of the world, the shrill political "outrage" campaign, when compared to actual event of 8 people being killed in a plane crash inconveniencing the campaign, just shows how out of proportion the supposed sin is to facts of the matter.

The families were still attending funerals yesterday, and the Republicans decided that the way to restart their campaign, was by engaging in a full frontal assault on the memory of Wellstone. Before the family was even buried.

There are plenty of Minnesota folks who aren't into politics at all, but who were deeply moved by the personal losses that these families have suffered. For all the tacky displays of politicking engaged in by the national Democrats since last Friday, those few examples caused mere tongue clucking. The phony moral outrage campaign being waged as election strategy by the Republicans though, is totally beyond the pale. For the people who have been hell bent on destroying Wellstone, and who have been waging the most negative senate campaign in Minnesota history, to come out of the memorial SCREAMING indignantly over the ways the Wellstone family & friends had besmirched the memory of Wellstone...

Well, that DOES churn the stomach. This is the one over the top thing that will be remembered for years, I'm convinced of that. Minnesota Democrats haven't really been campaigning at all. Daschle did on Sunday, and so did Mondale's campaign manager when he leaked the "unofficial" news of the meeting between Mondale & his sons, but that was it. Other than that, the DFL was just laying low. They had to file the suit in the state Supreme Court over the absentee ballots, but that will be resolved today anyway. It isn't a very contentious issue, because it won't count for many votes in this election anyway, but the absentee ballot law is really screwed up & needs change, so everybody was going to pile onto that one anyway. The race won't be that close. I predict Mondale will will with a minimum of 5-10% margin.