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I'm also hearing that the

I'm also hearing that the Democrat would have won if htey hadn't lost Wellstone. In one sense, I think that's true -- I think the rally cost them the Senate. But in the sense that they mean it, which is that Wellstone would have won, I think that's wishful thinking. Wellstone was the Democratic senator in the worst shape, and he was targeted accordingly. Republicans took every Senate seat, except SD, that was even remotely feasible. Wellstone's death helped, rather than hurt, the Dems, until that rally. So while I think they were in worse shape after the rally, this was not an act of God that cost them the race. It was the mean-spirited behavior at the rally.