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Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
Wed May 29, 2013, 10:43 PM May 2013

In retrospect, who should Al Gore have chosen as his running mate in 2000?

This poll contains all the names from his final shortlist.


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Evan Bayh
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Andrew Cuomo
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John Edwards
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Dick Gephardt
0 (0%)
John Kerry
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Joe Lieberman
1 (100%)
Jeanne Shaheen
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In retrospect, who should Al Gore have chosen as his running mate in 2000? (Original Post) Nye Bevan May 2013 OP
Imagine John Kerry debating Cheney - rather than Lieberman, karynnj May 2013 #1
Sandra Day O'Connor Liberal Veteran May 2013 #2
none of the above dsc May 2013 #3
Actually Kerry would have helped win NH karynnj May 2013 #6
brown had won statewide office in Ohio before becoming that congressman dsc May 2013 #9
As would Kerry - much of their TV is out of Boston. karynnj May 2013 #14
Graham would have made a good choice. Brown was not know really at that point. hrmjustin May 2013 #11
brown had been elected statewide before dsc May 2013 #12
Wow I did not know that. I never understood why Gore gave up on OH in the summer of that election. hrmjustin May 2013 #13
Jim Hunt or Bob Graham Dawson Leery May 2013 #4
A Democrat would have been fine jmowreader May 2013 #5
"A Democrat would have been fine" etherealtruth May 2013 #22
It shoulda been Wetzelbill! Kurovski May 2013 #7
In retrospect, since the fix was in, it didn't fucking matter. Warren Stupidity May 2013 #8
+1 n/t X_Digger May 2013 #10
+1. Ready4Change May 2013 #15
+1. Lieberman was a unique, even brilliant mistake. nt Bonobo May 2013 #20
I loathe Lieberturd with the burning fury of a thousand suns . . . . HughBeaumont May 2013 #21
feingold pansypoo53219 May 2013 #16
he should have picked Kerry and Kerry should have picked Durbin or Gephardt JI7 May 2013 #17
Nader? fishwax May 2013 #18
Watch out people that Fall For Anything might think you're serious. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #23
was Edwards really on his short list? hfojvt May 2013 #19
Why not Bill Bradley? (nt) Recursion May 2013 #24

karynnj

(59,475 posts)
1. Imagine John Kerry debating Cheney - rather than Lieberman,
Wed May 29, 2013, 10:46 PM
May 2013

who made Cheney look like a genial grandfather.

dsc

(52,130 posts)
3. none of the above
Wed May 29, 2013, 10:50 PM
May 2013

Kerry would have been next to worthless other than his debate performance. Kerry would have brought no states to the table. I think either Graham of Florida who might well have got him Florida, or Brown of Ohio who might have got him Ohio would have been good choices. Both would have debated Cheney well. Another route to go would have been Jim Hunt of NC. He might have brought in NC or VA or even FL. Shaheen would have been another good choice. She might have put him over the top in NH and as a woman would have brought excitement to the ticket.

karynnj

(59,475 posts)
6. Actually Kerry would have helped win NH
Wed May 29, 2013, 10:54 PM
May 2013

In addition, 4 years younger than in 2004 and before cancer, he would have brought a lot of energy to the ticket. Brown of Ohio was then a little known Congressman.

dsc

(52,130 posts)
9. brown had won statewide office in Ohio before becoming that congressman
Wed May 29, 2013, 11:00 PM
May 2013

He was secretary of state in the 80's. He lost in 90 to taft. I admit Kerry might have helped in NH which was awfully close but Shaheen would have sealed that deal.

karynnj

(59,475 posts)
14. As would Kerry - much of their TV is out of Boston.
Wed May 29, 2013, 11:05 PM
May 2013

I like Brown, but state wide or not, he was little known outside Ohio.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
13. Wow I did not know that. I never understood why Gore gave up on OH in the summer of that election.
Wed May 29, 2013, 11:05 PM
May 2013

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
5. A Democrat would have been fine
Wed May 29, 2013, 10:54 PM
May 2013

How about George Foreman? People like him, he'd be a better president than Dubya (to be fair, tho, there are inanimate objects that would be a better president than Dubya) and he'd be available to counter Karl Rove by beating Rove to a bloody pulp every time Rove told a lie.

Ready4Change

(6,736 posts)
15. +1.
Wed May 29, 2013, 11:40 PM
May 2013

That was my thought as well.

He blasted, BLASTED Bush in the debates. The next morning, all the news shows said the opposite.

He could have had God as a running mate, and been criticized for brown nosing for the religious vote.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
21. I loathe Lieberturd with the burning fury of a thousand suns . . . .
Thu May 30, 2013, 05:52 AM
May 2013

. . . but in the end, all evidence from all parties pretty much DOES point to the fact that, come hell or high water, Bewsh was going to be president whether we liked it or not.

One only needs to look at the way our purchased Fourth Estate desperately and suspiciously behaved throughout the election and the very illegal (but strangely unprosecuted) "Brooks Brothers Riot", among many, MANY other things.

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
19. was Edwards really on his short list?
Thu May 30, 2013, 04:20 AM
May 2013

He's about the only one I like on the list, but I think he was relatively unknown and inexperienced at the time.

So of that list, I would go with Gephardt I think, although I really don't know that much about him.

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