LeftofLeft
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This thread would have made sense - 12 years ago.
Gore was a poor candidate, no two ways about it. But then so were a bunch of others during the past 50 years - Dukakis, Dewey, Dole....
Gore was a good candidate, and I believe Gore would have been a fine president - maybe even great. He was stiff and woody during the campaign, which didn't help him. The biggest problem was the Monica tension between him and Clinton. I'm a big Clinton fan, but the Monica mess cost Gore the presidency - even more so than Jeb Bush, Katherine Harris, and the SCOTUS. Anyway, some dumbass was "awarded" the presidency.
I also believe that Dole would have been a fine president - but he also campaigned poorly. Came across as angry and mean.
If Al Gore had won his home state of Tennessee, he would have been President. Contesting the election focused on alleged corruption in 4 of the most Democrat Counties in Florida was a waste of taxpayers' money. Also, making sure that the Military vote among troops out if SENTCOM in Tampa did not do him any favors from a karma perspective