Mondale, and Dukakis, and (too many to name) are a large part of the decline of the Democrats. Mondale in particular has a self-serving unction that turns the stomach. He tried to make political captial out of the death of the Apollo 1 astronauts while on the investigative committee following. The traditional, strong, pro-labor Democrats of the Kennedy generation were sucker-punched by Mondale, Proxmire, McGovern, and a million other hangers-on who sucked the life out of the Party. Yes, he's a weasel - he was also dead wrong about the Russians in 1984.