Democratic presidential hopeful Walter Mondale leans on his car roof to answer a last question before leaving after a one hour campaign stop, Thursday, May 24, 1984 in San Diego.

In his book, Mondale recounts the painful night in November, 1979, when his old friend Ted Kennedy called to say that he planned to challenge Carter for the 1980 Democratic Presidential nomination.

Walter «Fritz» Mondale, scomparso lunedì 19 aprile a 93 anni a Ceylon, Minnesota, resterà per gli americani l’uomo discreto della politica pre-show, quello che, masticando il sigaro ...