(2002-11-01) -- The Senate candidacy of former St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman ended in tragedy and shame today as members of his own party placed him in a hospital for the mentally deranged.

"It was heartbreaking," said a Minnesota GOP campaign worker. "But Coleman just went stark-raving nuts."

GOP officials were alerted to Mr. Coleman's condition when he issued a plea to Republicans to refrain from negative advertising in his campaign against surrogate-candidate Walter F. Mondale.

In a related story, the new ballots for the Minnesota Senate election have been printed. Here is the text from the ballot:

Who should represent Minnesota in the U.S. Senate? (check one)

Not Norm Coleman_____

Not Walter Mondale_____