Having Feinstein on the ticket wouldn't have "energized the female vote" except among Democrats who were already voting for Gore anyway.
What about liberal Nader voters?
Uh, they'd still vote for Nader of course.
Well, I think I saw some polls from 2008 where up toa quarter of GOP women said that they would vote for Hillary, and this was before the financial crisis. Thus, I could see Feinstein winning over some GOP women who might have otherwise planned to vote for Bush.
I really don't see Feinstein energizing southern women to come out and vote...
