| 1 | Ted Kennedy and Walter Mondale called just as they had in 1980. | |
| 2 | Mondale laughed along with the audience. | |
| 3 | This is not to deny that Mr Mondale could make a fine president. | |
| 4 | Reagan won in part because Walter Mondale, whatever the merits of his case, was utterly out of sync with the electorate. | |
| 5 | There was a similar phenomenon in 1984, when Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale nominated Geraldine Ferraro as his vice presidential candidate. |