Topic: Walter Mondale

Eleanor Mondale dies of brain cancer at age 51

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eleanor Mondale Poling, 51, daughter of former Vice President Walter Mondale, died at her Minnesota home early on Saturday after a six-year battle with brain cancer.Mondale died in her sleep with her husband and dogs at her side ...

Minnesota leaders fail to break impasse, to meet again

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota's Democratic Governor Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders met on Tuesday but failed to break a budget impasse five days into a state government shutdown.Trying to bridge the divide, former Vice President Walter Mondale and former Minnesota ...

Mondale and others seek to end Minnesota shutdown

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Former Vice President Walter Mondale, calling Minnesota's budget crisis a "deadlocked train wreck," on Tuesday offered expert help to end his home state's government shutdown.Road construction projects, state parks, the state lottery, and numerous state offices have ...

Mondale, ex-Minnesota governor form panel to offer budget plan

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - On the fifth day of a Minnesota government shutdown, former Democratic Vice President Walter Mondale and a former Republican governor said they had formed a bipartisan committee to offer suggestions to solve the budget standoff.Calling the situation a "severe ...
The Minnesota government shutdown continued for a fifth day on Tuesday , as former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale proposed the formation of a ...

The 8 Percent Solution for Obama

The federal government's monthly employment report should start being viewed with a political lens. After all, Election Day is 19 months away and...

Geraldine Ferraro, first woman on presidential ticket, dies

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Geraldine Ferraro, the Democratic congresswoman who became the first woman on a major party presidential ticket as Walter Mondale's running mate in 1984, died on Saturday at the age of 75, her family said.Ferraro died at Massachusetts General ...

Geraldine Ferraro, 1st female VP candidate, dies

0 . Geraldine A. Ferraro, the former Queens congresswoman who in 1984 strode onto a podium to accept the Democratic nomination for vice president...

Pioneering Rep. Geraldine Ferraro dies

Pioneering Rep. Geraldine Ferraro dies. Mar. 26, 2011 (United Press International) - Geraldine Ferraro, who broke new ground as Walter Mondale's...
Former Vice President Walter Mondale says he knows what President Obama's problem is: TelePrompTers.. . Mondale said the commander in chief is too...