On this day of mourning for Paul Wellstone, I give him credit for being honest and impassioned in pursuit of his beliefs. He was a true populist and the kind of personality we could wish we had in all our politicians.


I share with him a concern for the poor and the weak. Where we differ is in our views of the government as the means of helping them. I think that there are far too few people like Senator Wellstone, which is why I don't trust government to carry out his goals. Government means power, and that is too attractive to the kind of people who shouldn't have power to be trusted.