Is the GOP win in 2008 going to be evident in 2007 when it's decision time to run, though?My guess would be Hillery. Lieberman I don't see winning the primaries. But I could see Hillary not running in 08 playing the odds that 08 would be a heavy GOP year no matter what 16 years of one party control after all
Depends the economy, but if 911 happens them i can see the overspending stimulus to avoid a crash delaying the crash to the 2006-2008 era like OTL, if not...well dotcom bubble will be a more big hit for gore and co...still 2004 is winnable, 2008 might no.Is the GOP win in 2008 going to be evident in 2007 when it's decision time to run, though?
Can Al Gore actually pass a stimulus package through a GOP-controlled Congress, though?Depends the economy, but if 911 happens them i can see the overspending stimulus to avoid a crash delaying the crash to the 2006-2008 era like OTL, if not...well dotcom bubble will be a more big hit for gore and co...still 2004 is winnable, 2008 might no.
Possible, the GOP will whine and will want even more tax cuts gore could agree but they needed...if want to save their own candidate for 2008...Can Al Gore actually pass a stimulus package through a GOP-controlled Congress, though?
FWIW, Joe Biden--in spite of him being Obama's VP--simply wasn't a formidable enough force against Hillary in 2016, which is why he never even bothered running that year. Why would Joe Lieberman (aka the other VP Joe) be any different?Assuming the Gore administration isn't a total disaster, Lieberman's reputation by 2008 will be a lot better than it was IOTL. By clinging tightly to one or two of Gore's more-popular progressive positions he'll probably be able to stave off a serious challenge from the left (which wouldn't be where Hillary was attacking from, anyway.) HRC, if she's still in the senate and not in the administration, probably knows her best bet is to wait another four or eight years for her own shot against a less formidable foe than the VP of the United States.
Gore was a fiscal conservative and thus would have probably been unwilling to agree to the GOP's budget-busting tax cuts, though.Possible, the GOP will whine and will want even more tax cuts gore could agree but they needed...if want to save their own candidate for 2008...
Excatly, when he might a minor stimulus post 911, the tax cuts would make otl great recession far worse in the political football arenaGore was a fiscal conservative and thus would have probably been unwilling to agree to the GOP's budget-busting tax cuts, though.
FWIW, Joe Biden--in spite of him being Obama's VP--simply wasn't a formidable enough force against Hillary in 2016, which is why he never even bothered running that year. Why would Joe Lieberman (aka the other VP Joe) be any different?
I agree that Lieberman probably would’ve lost, but Biden has been pretty explicit that his son’s illness was a major cause of him not running in 2016.FWIW, Joe Biden--in spite of him being Obama's VP--simply wasn't a formidable enough force against Hillary in 2016, which is why he never even bothered running that year. Why would Joe Lieberman (aka the other VP Joe) be any different?
I'd be surprised if the Hillary factor was not on his mind at all, though.I agree that Lieberman probably would’ve lost, but Biden has been pretty explicit that his son’s illness was a major cause of him not running in 2016.