Reply #98: In regards to Baxter....

[rinsd]

It was a badly turned phrase. I meant Enron people were more likely to shut him up and government help isn't a requirement for the rich and powerful to snuff someone.

""Wellstone opposed Bush's plan to privatize Social Security, he opposed Bush's tax cuts for the rich, he opposed Bush's positions on the Middle East, and he opposed just about every other Republican proposal. In other words, Wellstone was a thorn in the GOP's side and they wanted him gone." I didn't say that his death was a logical necessity, but certainly he was the wanted him out very badly."

I agree with all of that but it also describes other Democrats. Even though Welstone was a leader, I just don't see him as a threat that forces a desperate action.