The only time I recall Democrats being in more chaos and upheaval than now was in 1968. This, from his op-ed in yesterday’s New York Times: “Democrats could not buy, with all of George Soros’s money, the enthusiasm, engagement and interest they would get from having an open convention — and in Chicago no less, famous for Democratic convention drama. …
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When Walter Mondale — the pioneering vice president under President Carter — ended up on the losing end of Ronald Reagan’s landmark 49-state landslide in 1984, he fretted that it would dominate, even warp, his legacy. Former Vice President Walter Mondale laughs as he talks to Sen. Edward Kennedy, in Boston, Oct. 18, 1982 during dedication ceremonies for Boston’s new …