BACKLASH? A poll conducted by Minnesota Public Radio and the St. Paul Pioneer Press says that Mondale is now trailing Norm Coleman by six percent. I don’t know how much stock to put in these last-minute polls, but given who’s conducting it, this can’t be written off as wishful thinking by Coleman partisans.

If Mondale loses, I think that the Wellstone rally will be the reason. And I imagine it will cost Terry McAuliffe his job.

UPDATE: Hmm. I guess Terry McAuliffe is worried about the same thing, which is why he’s blaming the Wellstone family.

That’s how you can be sure the whole thing was a bad idea — people are casting blame, not taking credit.