If Gore won, would Cheney be remembered as a bad running mate pick?

[brucejoel99]

He is remembered as a bad running mate pick now soooooooo

What? He was definitely a good pick insofar as granting W. credibility on matters of foreign policy & national security (i.e., the short-term goal of picking Cheney) was concerned. Of course, they went on to spectacularly squander said credibility once they were actually in the White House, but it can't really be denied that it helped to get them there in the first place.