(Greg Pavlov) wrote in
:

On 31 Dec 2003 17:26:44 GMT, irate (Dave LaCourse)
wrote:


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

I don't think he ran a terrible campaign. And he came
across as a "dork" in comparison to the non-threatening
anti-intellectual Bush. Yes, the Clinton administration
was highly successful, among the best of the last 100
years or so, but it was tainted, with the negatives grossly
exaggerated by the opposition.

Veeps have not in general faired well in recent history:
Nixon, Ford, Mondale, and Gore lost the first time around,
while Truman, Johnson, and Bush I lost after the first round.
Actually, if you think about it, the only full two-term
presidents since Roosevelt - Eisenhower & Reagan - were also
the only ones who were not prior Veeps.


Have you just wiped Clinton from your memory?? :-)

Scott