Anybody up for a President Lieberman TL?

[Jerseyrules]

It's never been done before, from what I've seen.  So what if Gore was elected President in 2000, with Lieberman as VP, defeated in 2004, then Lieberman comes back and wins in 2008?  He would do well in the Democratic primaries (with Gore's endorsement), and perhaps with John McCain's as well; maybe even John McCain as VP or Secretary of Defense.  What do you think?

(Obviously it would be easier for Lieberman to win in 2008 as the incumbent VP but this scenario just seems more realistic to me.  Or he could be picked for VP by Cinton in 1992, and run as the incumbent VP in 2000.)

[Jerseyrules]

I like it. An interesting twist would be a "Battle of the Centrists" TL, with Giuliani being the one to defeat Gore in 2004 and setting up a Giuliani vs. Lieberman battle in 2008.

Sounds kinda like this year

[Jerseyrules]

I like it. An interesting twist would be a "Battle of the Centrists" TL, with Giuliani being the one to defeat Gore in 2004 and setting up a Giuliani vs. Lieberman battle in 2008.

Man, I already had something like that planned (but with a diff. '08 candidate).

If its who I think it is, then they wouldn't run against each other

[Jerseyrules]

What about an alternative Election 2000 scenario in which there's a 269-269 electoral college tie, and the House deadlocks on electing a president, but the Senate elects Lieberman as VP....thus causing Lieberman to step in as acting prez?  9/11 and the beginning of the War on Terror then happens at a time when the POTUS is a Democratic hawk, who also happens to be Jewish.

What if the states vote the same, 1 Bush elector votes for McCain, and 1 for Lieberman or Nader?  Or both for McCain?  That would reduce W. to the deadlock-required 269 EVs.  But I'm not certain of the constitutionality of that; I'll have to ask my history teacher

[Jerseyrules]

As much as I cringe at the possibility, I would be interested to see how it plays out.

Thanks. And while the above 9/11 suggestion sounds great, I have instead made Lieberman Slick Willy's VP, after a brutal primary campaign against gore in 92 (and gore resigns his senate seat to focus on the campaign, and if I recall he was having some personal issues at the time as well, so it seems logical he'd pick one job to focus on completely)

You can see it in the main thread, its called "Hello Joe!", changed from "A Democrat with Balls!"

[Jerseyrules]

Lieberman was a trader in 2008 so i have no good words

So was McCain; he approached Kerry about being his running mate in 04