Paul Wellstone: 10 Years After His Death, He Still Sets the Bar for a Politics of Conviction

Peter Dreier @ In These Times - Shortly before he died in a plane crash on October 25, 2002, Paul Wellstone explained why he was in the Senate: “I don’t represent the big oil companies, the big pharmaceuticals, or the big insurance industry. They already have great representation in Washington. It’s the rest of the people that need representation.”  Read more.