Bush/Cheney v Gore/Kerry

[Ben.]

 Florida would have been less close... however I think you can shave 1.5% off Nader in NH and more else where (WI, MN, IA, WA... new England generally) as many liberals would see it as a nod towards the liberal wing of the party and that would mean more of them would support Gore... so Gore wins NH and the election imho.... but it would be just as tough as in reality...

[Ben.]

I thought Edwards would have been his second choice...but Lieberman, Kerry, Edwards, and Landrieu were all on the 'short list'.

Kerry would have done NOTHING to help the ticket.

Landrieu!... she would have been great!... or Edwards both before Kerry... but Kerry could have helped with some more moderate Nader voters who where in effect voting in protest at the rightward shift by Clinton after 1996...

[Ben.]

NH doesn't hate Massachusetts anymore. Most of our newcomers move from there. I think Kerry would have hurt Gore a little bit. I know some fellow Jews who sitched there vote to Gore because of Lieberman. I guess it could have helped in the South, but just about anyone who would vote against a Jew would vote against a Catholic. I think it would have certainly hurt Kerry's shot in 20004 though, pending identical outcomes.

Yeah 20,004 would have been a bumber for Kerry


Sorry just couldnt let that one slip....