When running mates mattered

[12th Doctor]

Liebermann helped Gore in Florida, though not enough to win.

The choice of Gore for Clinton might have helped Clinton in Tennessee, Arkansas and Georgia.  The all south ticket probably generated excellent moral support in the South in 1992.

Cheney help out Bush in 2000 because he brought gravitas to the ticket.

Dole helped Ford in 1976, by solidifying the west, esspecially the Plains states, which, except for Nebraska, were very close.

Mondale helped Carter in Wisconsin that same year.

Kennedy would have lost the South in 1960 without LBJ on the ticket.

I don't think that it is fair to go back any farther, but those are some fairly solid examples.

[12th Doctor]

< Liebermann helped Gore in Florida, though not enough to win. >

Or maybe Gore did win. 

Seriously, how did Lieberman help Gore in Florida?  I know that Florida has a large number of Jewish, but I thought most Jewish voters are already Democratic.  Kerry was Catholic, but exit polls say he narrowly lost against Bush among Catholics.

< The choice of Gore for Clinton might have helped Clinton in Tennessee, Arkansas and Georgia.  The all south ticket probably generated excellent moral support in the South in 1992. >
Are you sure that Clinton couldn't have won these states without Gore?

Not only was Gore a southerner, but he brought family values cred. to the ticket, something Clinton himself sorely lacked.