Who is most responsible for Gore's loss in 2000?

[Bo]

Gore himself.

[Bo]

Butterfly ballot

That was designed by a Democrat.

[Bo]

Gore, without a doubt.  This should have been the map:

Give TN to Bush and OH+NV to Gore. That should have been the map. (I would anticipate Gore losing TN since he flip-flopped on abortion and gay rights after he left the Senate.)

[Bo]

Gore. He to way to much for granted. Although, I still say Bill could've helped a bit more than he did.

Ralph Nader should've been an option in this poll!

Gore told Bill not to help and if Gore had run a good campaign he could have made Nader irrelevant.

I agree with this. Bush Sr. didn't need Reagan's help to win a landslide victory, so Gore shouldn't have needed Bill Clinton's help to do the same.

[Bo]

TIPPER!!!!!!

Why?

[Bo]

Butterfly ballot

That was designed by a Democrat.

OK.

A Democrat in name only, who used the term "Democrat Party", and later switched parties.

She was still a Democrat at the time of the election, though.

[Bo]

Looking back at this, I should have included Joe Lieberman as an option.

[Bo]

Butterfly ballot

That was designed by a Democrat.

OK.

A Democrat in name only, who used the term "Democrat Party", and later switched parties.

She was still a Democrat at the time of the election, though.

Yes, in name only.

That's irrelevant whether she was a DINO or a real Democrat. Democrat means Democrat.

[Bo]

How Al Gore managed to lose his home state is beyond me. Even Walter Mondale won his home state. By that point, people from Tennessee had been electing a guy named "Gore" at the state level since the 1950s--it's amazing how he could throw away a statewide political dynasty.

Even if he had asked Bill Clinton to campaign in Arkansas (hardly a move that would alienate swing voters), he could've won.

Gore lost Tennessee because he flip-flopped on abortion, guns, and gay rights after he became VP and thus many of his former supporters deserted him. And I agree that Clinton should have campaigned more with Gore, but Clinton should have focused more on FL and NH. I doubt Clinton could have swung Arkansas to Gore--the margin there was just too large.