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To: David Lawrence who wrote (313192)	11/1/2002 11:59:47 AM
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More from the transcript at msnbc.com. MATTHEWS: What about this national nonsense that Walter Mondale was some reluctant candidate? Two years ago he was polling that state, trying to decide whether to run for Senate again. He’s been horny to get back into office and now he’s acting like he’s the reluctant warrior. What is this crap about? Who really believes he hasn’t been dying to get back in the Senate? Go ahead Howard. An objective assessment please. FINEMAN: Well I’ll leave the horny part of it out. But... MATTHEWS: How about randy? FINEMAN: ... there’s no question that they... MATTHEWS: Have you polled any states lately? FINEMAN: ... that Walter Mondale’s people and all of his old crowd were on the case within hours. People were basically leaving their jobs, putting down their shovels or whatever else they were doing, and lining up to work with Walter Mondale. They were very careful to wait until the sons they carefully choreographed it so the sons of Paul Wellstone would said please Walter Mondale, come in and do it. But it was already a done deal by Saturday... MATTHEWS: Mike Erlandson... FINEMAN: ... afternoon. MATTHEWS: ... wasn’t it true-wasn’t it true-you know this if anybody knows it. Tell me if I’m wrong, but Fritz Mondale was polling that state two years ago before the death of Paul Wellstone to see if he could get back into the Senate after 24 years. Isn’t that true? ERLANDSON: You know I can’t confirm or deny it, but let me tell you what... MATTHEWS: You can’t. Well how about trying? Do you-no, no, no, Mike, don’t give me that answer. I’m asking you... (CROSSTALK) MATTHEWS: Do you know or don’t you know that he polled the state? Tell me you don’t know affirmatively. Say I, the chairman of the party, don’t know what Fritz Mondale was up to two years ago, I don’t know. Say it. ERLANDSON: I do not know that he was polling the state, but... MATTHEWS: Do you deny it? ERLANDSON: I hope that he would have been. I hope... MATTHEWS: OK. ERLANDSON: ... he would have been taking a close look at it. Walter Mondale is a great man. He’s going to be a great... MATTHEWS: Right. But the... ERLANDSON: ... United States senator for Minnesota. MATTHEWS: ... idea that he’s a reluctant-he’s a reluctant candidate is pure farce, isn’t it? Let’s be honest. ERLANDSON: See I don’t think... UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mike, Mike... ERLANDSON: ... that it was ever an issue of being a reluctant candidate, absolutely not reluctant about... MATTHEWS: He’s agreed to accept the nomination. Ron, is that fair to describe Walter Mondale as a reluctant politician this time around? EIBENSTEINER: Absolutely not. Walter has been wanting to get back into the race. In fact, even as early as Saturday morning, the Democrats were already in the field doing some polling, to see how he would match up against Norm Coleman.