Rank these guys

Mine:

1. Hubert Humphrey
2. Paul Wellstone
3. Eugene McCarthy
4. Mark Dayton
5. Walter Mondale

1. Wellstone
2. McCarthy
3 Mondale
4. Humphrey

I'm afraid I can't remember who Dayton is.

Dayton is the state's Democratic Senator.

I can't really rank them. They're all different. I'd probably put Mondale at the bottom, though, since he is the most conventional of the lot.

They're all great for different reasons. Having said that, I see how you've rated them and agree.

I have to confess that Bill Clinton's book took a few points off HHH for me. :-( I know that's just one source but I didn't like that political compromise on the war -- which backfired on him anyway.

Stating the obvious but I sure wish we had just one Paul Wellstone today.

I never completely forgave him for his stand on the war. Not long ago I heard his grandson say something about HHH believing loyalty to Lyndon Johnson was important. I almost went through the radio at him screaming "Loyalty was more important that the people being killed in Vietnam?!?!?!" Funny how those old feelings can come back so strong.

"Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail" was also an eye opener about Hubert. Not that he didn't have may fine qualities, but somewhere along the line power became more important than principle for him (he was so anxious to become vice president that he was willing to sell out the Freedom Democrats at the 1964 convention.) I think he learned his lesson though and returned to his old self when he returned to the Senate after losing in 1968.

Wellstone will always come first.

1. Wellstone
2. Mondale - possible tie with Humphrey
3. Humphrey
4. McCarthy
5. Dayton

Love em all though.