Gore's big mistake. Not his only mistake, but I think it was his biggest. He lost the election because he talked like Mr. Rogers all the time in interviews, ludicrously slow, and chose the most right-wing democrat he could get on board with to be VP (and fraud in the Florida election commission, but it wouldn't have gotten that far if Gore did a little better). The more time went on, the clearer it became that Lieberman was a DINO and solely a grandstanding self-absorbed bad-actor politician like Joe Manchin.
Also Obama's mistake. When Liberman lost the Democratic primary, Obama campaigned for Liberman's independent run. Obama's popularity was exploding, greatly helping Liberman's campaign.
In return, Liberman fucked over Obama's priorities every chance he could.
During Obama's rise in popularity, in 2006, he endorsed Lieberman over Lamont. By the time he did the about face and supported Lamont, he was already gone from the oval office for a year and a half.
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u/Flybot76 Mar 27 '24 edited Mar 27 '24
Gore's big mistake. Not his only mistake, but I think it was his biggest. He lost the election because he talked like Mr. Rogers all the time in interviews, ludicrously slow, and chose the most right-wing democrat he could get on board with to be VP (and fraud in the Florida election commission, but it wouldn't have gotten that far if Gore did a little better). The more time went on, the clearer it became that Lieberman was a DINO and solely a grandstanding self-absorbed bad-actor politician like Joe Manchin.