He was confirmed 98-0, and the two absentees were Republican. Every Democrat voted him in, including Al Gore. Thomas was confirmed 52-48, with 11 Democratic senators supporting him, and with a Senate ruled by George Mitchell and the Democrats. Some critics fear this means going after progressive Democrats. The aim of any party is to win, but it's not likely that any Green could win against Wellstone or even Russ Feingold, for example.
Greens are more likely to win at the local level.
It's sort of foolish to indicate that Democrats are entitled to particular voters, but Wellstone is not likely to have trouble in terms of the Green platform. By the way, not one of these critics called me to interview me or to get my views. They don't want to have their fixed mindset challenged. And Katha Pollitt, I called her. In my view, she was making incorrect assumptions.