I always felt that Joe Lieberman was not the ideal running mate for Al Gore in 2000. Any suggestions for potential running mates that may have saved Al Gore from losing the electoral vote? I mean, he just needed one more state to win, and there plenty of close ones. First person that comes to my mind is Jeanne Shaheen. She may have delivered New Hampshire, where she was governor, and its four electoral votes. That would have given Gore a victory without Florida. Or maybe another one from a southern state that was within reach? Any thoughts on this?
I've heard Bob Graham (FL) mentioned a lot. Jeanne Shaheen maybe, too. I think the choice of Lieberman was made with outreach to Evangelicals in mind, but it neglected that Evangelicals were already planning to reflexively vote Republican, so it didn't work. Hindsight is 20-20.
