Walter Mondale doesn't believe John McCain devoted a lot of "personal time and attention" to the selection of his vice president. “As a measure of presidential status, McCain picked Palin and [Sen. Barack] Obama [D-Ill.] picked Biden, and I think that describes brilliantly the dimension of the difference between the two,” Mondale told The Hill.
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The National Journal Interviews Mondale
08/22/08 Posted By Mondale
The National Journal Online published a good interview with Walter Mondale, chronicling the Vice Presidential nominating process from beginning to end. Read the full interview here.
"Pick someone who can be a good president.
Don't put anybody on that list that doesn't pass that test," the wise 80-year-old Mondale advised the Obama camp.
Mondale Campaigns for Obama This Week
08/22/08 Posted By Mondale
At his first public appearance in support of Barack Obama, Walter Mondale told a group of 50 seniors and campaign staffers in St. Paul, Minnesota that they will need to confront attack ads and racism in the election season. "It's trash time," Mondale said, "And a lot of decent people think where there's smoke, there's fire."
Mondale & Humphrey: Two Peas in a Pod
07/21/08 Posted By Mondale
"I'm constantly struck at how people get forgotten," Walter F. Mondale recently said of Hubert Humphrey, Lyndon Johnson's Vice President from 1965-1969. Like Humphrey, Mondale had served as a senator, as an outspoken orator and as a VP (years later).
Mondale Muses on the Vice Presidency
07/08/08 Posted By Mondale
"It may be the most important decision they make - or at least one of the most important of their presidency - and it's the one thing that they basically control," Mondale said of the vice president selection process. "But it is risky because if you make a mistake, a serious mistake, it's like a bad marriage. Only you can't get a divorce."
