Walter Mondale

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  4/22/2021
  

  Fritz Mondale and Decency

  by Kai Bird

  Jimmy Carter thought the vice presidency was "a wasted national asset." He gave Walter Mondale the charge and the freedom to redefine the role. 

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  4/22/2021
  

  Walter Mondale Remade the Vice Presidency

  by Stuart E. Eizenstat

  "Walter Mondale created the modern vice presidency out of a position that was an afterthought at the Constitutional Convention. Mondale was a great public servant and a decent man, and his death comes at a time when his progressive politics have gotten a second breath in the Democratic Party."

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• 4/25/2021
  

  Walter F. Mondale and the Creation of the New Vice Presidency

  by Joel K. Goldstein

  Walter Mondale worked with Jimmy Carter to redefine the vice presidency from a stepping stone to a key public servant, and infused this new role with compassion. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  

  Walter F. Mondale, Carter’s Vice President Who Lost White House Bid, Dies At 93

  "Years later, in an interview with the University of Minnesota Foundation, he begged off reflecting on his legacy. 'Well, you know, Minnesota doesn’t believe much in bragging. I did the best I could'."

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• SOURCE: Politico
  10/18/2020
  

  Former Democratic power broker James A. Johnson dies at 76

  James Johnson's business, policy and philanthropy resume led a colleague to call him "the chairman of the universe." 

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• 6/21/2020
  

  Walter Mondale's Campaign Did Accomplish Something (Ask Joe Biden's Future Running Mate)

  by Joel K. Goldstein

  Walter Mondale's choice of Representative Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate in 1984 opened the major parties' general election tickets to women for the first time. Will Joe Biden's campaign fulfill that promise this year?

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• 9/1/19
  

  The Carter Presidency Reconsidered

  by Richard Moe

  “We told the truth, we obeyed the law, we kept the peace and we championed human rights.” 

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• 2-7-17
  

  The Two Vice Presidents Who Got Along Best with Their Presidents

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  Walter Mondale and Joe Biden

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2-3-14
  

  Joan Mondale, political wife and culture maven, dies at 83

  Mondale was recognized as one of the most prominent political spouses of her era.