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Talk of CNN: Minnesota Senate Race

Aired November 07, 2002 - 06:36   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: We want to get more reaction to the Mondale defeat now from the "Dave Ryan in the Morning" show, 101.3 KDWB, Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Good morning.

DAVE RYAN, "THE DAVE RYAN IN THE MORNING SHOW," 101.3 KDWB: Hi, Carol. How are you doing?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Good morning.

COSTELLO: Good. That was so emotional. You could see people behind Walter Mondale wiping tears from their eyes.

RYAN: You know, he's a very gracious guy, and he really is a political hero here in Minnesota. And whether you wanted him elected or not, I think it was a very heroic thing for him to step up at his age after being retired for so long to take over the reins of, you know, running for Senate and representing the Democratic Party here in Minnesota.

COSTELLO: Was it a big surprise to Minnesotans that he lost?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think it kind of was. I think Minnesotans have been historically a very Democratic state. We have been. And so, it's kind of a surprise not seeing him win. But, you know, what can you do when you have such a short amount of time to run or to try and campaign?

COSTELLO: Do you think that was the reason he did lose? Or was it more than that?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think it was that, in combination with the memorial rally that happened didn't help Democrats very much -- the Wellstone rally.

RYAN: I think that what that rally did is it got so many people fired up politically that people who normally wouldn't have voted would have said, nay, unless it's a presidential election, I'm not going to bother. A lot of people got fired up and went out to vote. And I think that fired up a lot of Republicans who normally would have said, ah, I'll vote in the next election.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Exactly.

COSTELLO: Gotcha. So, that race is now settled, and Jesse Ventura is about to step down. Bring us up to date on him. RYAN: Do we have to?

(LAUGHTER)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We're just waiting for the Jesse era to end.

RYAN: You know, it's really interesting, Carol. We've talked about this a lot of times before that we don't really mind Jesse that much. We've kind of gotten used to him. But a lot of people -- when we travel out of the state, let's say we go to Memphis, somebody will say, hey, what about that governor? He's a pretty cool guy, isn't he? It's like, well, he's a decent person. As a governor, he's not the greatest governor that we've ever had. But I think he's a good person.

COSTELLO: Will he continue to live there after he steps down from office?

RYAN: Oh, yes. I'm sure he will. He loves it here.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He's huge with Minnesotans down here.

COSTELLO: OK.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He'll live here for the rest of his life.

RYAN: (UNINTELLIGIBLE), I mean, he's a good person. While he wasn't the people's favorite governor ever, I think, you know, people admire Jesse still, because he does have character and he still is a character.

COSTELLO: That's right. He's very entertaining.

Hey, thanks very much -- appreciate it.

RYAN: Thanks, Carol.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you.

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Aired November 7, 2002 - 06:36   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: We want to get more reaction to the Mondale defeat now from the "Dave Ryan in the Morning" show, 101.3 KDWB, Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Good morning.

DAVE RYAN, "THE DAVE RYAN IN THE MORNING SHOW," 101.3 KDWB: Hi, Carol. How are you doing?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Good morning.

COSTELLO: Good. That was so emotional. You could see people behind Walter Mondale wiping tears from their eyes.

RYAN: You know, he's a very gracious guy, and he really is a political hero here in Minnesota. And whether you wanted him elected or not, I think it was a very heroic thing for him to step up at his age after being retired for so long to take over the reins of, you know, running for Senate and representing the Democratic Party here in Minnesota.

COSTELLO: Was it a big surprise to Minnesotans that he lost?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think it kind of was. I think Minnesotans have been historically a very Democratic state. We have been. And so, it's kind of a surprise not seeing him win. But, you know, what can you do when you have such a short amount of time to run or to try and campaign?

COSTELLO: Do you think that was the reason he did lose? Or was it more than that?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think it was that, in combination with the memorial rally that happened didn't help Democrats very much -- the Wellstone rally.

RYAN: I think that what that rally did is it got so many people fired up politically that people who normally wouldn't have voted would have said, nay, unless it's a presidential election, I'm not going to bother. A lot of people got fired up and went out to vote. And I think that fired up a lot of Republicans who normally would have said, ah, I'll vote in the next election.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Exactly.

COSTELLO: Gotcha. So, that race is now settled, and Jesse Ventura is about to step down. Bring us up to date on him. RYAN: Do we have to?

(LAUGHTER)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We're just waiting for the Jesse era to end.

RYAN: You know, it's really interesting, Carol. We've talked about this a lot of times before that we don't really mind Jesse that much. We've kind of gotten used to him. But a lot of people -- when we travel out of the state, let's say we go to Memphis, somebody will say, hey, what about that governor? He's a pretty cool guy, isn't he? It's like, well, he's a decent person. As a governor, he's not the greatest governor that we've ever had. But I think he's a good person.

COSTELLO: Will he continue to live there after he steps down from office?

RYAN: Oh, yes. I'm sure he will. He loves it here.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He's huge with Minnesotans down here.

COSTELLO: OK.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He'll live here for the rest of his life.

RYAN: (UNINTELLIGIBLE), I mean, he's a good person. While he wasn't the people's favorite governor ever, I think, you know, people admire Jesse still, because he does have character and he still is a character.

COSTELLO: That's right. He's very entertaining.

Hey, thanks very much -- appreciate it.

RYAN: Thanks, Carol.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you.

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