June 9, 2003

Wellstone aide Rick Kahn reflects on his controversial speech at memorial service that may have cost democrats the U.S. senate race

Mark Zdechlik - Reporter, Rick Kahn - Interviewee

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MPR’s Mark Zdechlik interviews Rick Kahn, who reflects on his controversial eulogy at Paul Wellstone memorial service and the political fallout.

More than seven months after last fall's election Rick Kahn says it's hard for him to understand why some Minnesotans voted against Democratic candidates last fall because of comments he made during a memorial service for Paul Wellstone and the other plane crash victims. DFL leaders say backlash from the memorial, cost Democrats votes and in Walter Mondale's case, cost him the Senate election.

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Wellstone aide Rick Kahn reflects on his controversial speech at memorial service that may have cost democrats the U.S. senate race