I still shake my head when I think of Gore picking Lieberman.

[trumad]

Come on Hill---don't make a similar mistake.

[tonyt53]

1. Not a chance in hell that's happening. She is smarter than Gore; lots smarter.

[dhol82]

2. Yeah

I remember when he picked Holy Joe. All the charisma of a clam and a closet republican to boot.

Sheesh.

[hlthe2b]

3. yeah.. yoou aren't the only one...

I have to think his blind spot was only heightened by some REALLY bad advisors-- on that choice and many others in that campaign.

I am a little nervous re: HRC's pick. I still agree with you that Sen. Warren would be tremendous.

[okieinpain]

4. lol, i had forgotten all about that. n/t.

[DefenseLawyer]

5. And the whole reason for picking him was that he had publicly scolded the President about Lewinsky

Bob Shrum is a genius.

[femmocrat]

6. I remember it well; big letdown.

Here is an old article about Gore's short list: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=123200&page=1

Looking back, maybe he should have tapped Sen. Graham of FL.

[BlueStater]

7. Graham would have been a great choice.

He was my senator and is an honorable, decent man. Unfortunately, history is history and we got that whiny little scrotum from Connecticut instead.

[AgingAmerican]

8. The flush heard round the world

[eissa]

9. I remember being floored by that selection

That annoying little shithead added nothing to the ticket. Gore's campaign was desperately trying to distance itself from the Clinton presidency and its scandals, and they thought bringing in one of its holy critics would do the job. Big mistake. Huge.

[L. Coyote]

10. That was a worse decision than McCain picking Palin.

Gore had his reasons, but they were not good ones or good choices. He needed to be as bold as Clinton was when he picked Gore.

[raven mad]

21. LOL! I agree, and believe me, as an Alaskan who knows Sarah -

that's really saying it super sucked.

[VOX]

11. Gore came within a whisker of picking John Edwards in 2000...

That ticket would have fared better, I think. And Edwards (maybe) could have avoided his later power meltdown that torpedoed his family life and career.

[B Calm]

12. History has a way of repeating itself!

[NurseJackie]

13. That was baffling.

[bluestateguy]

14. Definently don't want JL

But a Jewish running mate would have a lot of upsides. Al Franken or Ron Wyden come to mind.

[TexasBushwhacker]

15. Don't most Jews vote Democratic anyway?

I just never saw what Lieberman brought to the ticket.

That being said, I don't think John Edwards would have been a good choice either. Even though I liked him before he became a lying douchebag, that would have been 2 white guys from southern states.

[bluestateguy]

19. Well yes

But getting 60% of the Jewish vote is very different from getting 80%.

Most of the high Jewish populated states are safely blue, save for Florida.

As it was in 2012, Florida is the Democrats' checkmate state.

[AgadorSparticus]

16. I remember that. You could almost hear the collective gasp of horror.

[Vote2016]

17. Buckle up. Kaine and Vilsack are Lieberman 2.0 and they present no risk of overshadowing Hillary so

they are shortlisters.

[Arazi]

20. +1000

[bigwillq]

18. Yup