A presidential run is almost always a long shot. Would running and winning a statewide race two years before make a positive difference in the odds?

TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE: In January 1974, months before President Richard Nixon resigned, Democratic Senator Walter Mondale was already talking about reform. MONDALE: And if we can, before this is ...

TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE: In January 1974, months before President Richard Nixon resigned, Democratic Senator Walter Mondale was already talking about reform. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST ...

"Nixon's removal from office in 1974 initiated ... to make the government more transparent," Schulman said. Democratic Sen. Walter Mondale was part of a bipartisan push to curb what he described ...

As was the late President Richard Nixon in his 1968 win. The late Walter Mondale, too, was a former vice president when he nabbed the 1984 Democratic presidential nomination, only to lose in ...

And this is precisely why we must ask if the left is capable of producing its version of Trump? The business of capturing ...