Greg Pavlov writes:

The people who are most responsible for
Bush's victory are Bush and Clinton. Bush,
because he made the right moves, and Clinton
because his personal behavior tainted Gore
and made it difficult for Gore to build off
his vice presidency or to involve Clinton
in the campaign.

Which boils down to Gore ran a terrible campaign. He came off second best in
the debates, and his "re-inventing" himself made him look like a dork.
Historically, he should have won the election, being the Veep of a successful
administration. But, he blew it.
Dave

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