WI: Clinton/Biden in 1992

As the tin says, what if Clinton chose Joe Biden as his running mate rather than Al Gore in 1992? Assuming they won in 92 and 96, would Biden have run for president in 2000?
 
Well Joe Biden, as a Vice President would be almost the same as OTL, except younger and with more energy. Essentially, he'd be a more interesting as a Vice President than "stoic" Al Gore. Although, without Gore, the ticket probably does not carry as many southern states as OTL. Biden runs for president in 2000 and probably wins because unlike Gore, he would not sigh as much during the debates and does not have that gaffe where Gore stands up and walks to him. If he does not win in 2000, then in 2008, because Biden is virtually disqualified, Barack Obama selects his OTL second choice, Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana as his Vice Presidential nominee.
 
Is 1992 long enough to remove Biden from the plagiarism accusations? I don't know...I think Clinton wins either way.
 
I want to bump this since it's my thread. Also if Biden were Clinton's VP and ran as the 2000 Democratic candidate and won, do you think his charisma would enable him to get a democratic congress?
 
I want to bump this since it's my thread. Also if Biden were Clinton's VP and ran as the 2000 Democratic candidate and won, do you think his charisma would enable him to get a democratic congress?
I don't think so. I think you need a GOP president to drive a change like that. Besides, charismatic or not, the man has had his share of gaffes; not the type of figure to drive a congressional shift. I think the country will settle for the norm and keep things as they are.
 
Outside of not being robotic and outside of being more gaffe prone, Biden probably isn't much different than Gore as Clinton's VP, as keep in mind, like with Gore, Biden will have to compete with Hillary over influence over the President. I do agree that Biden beats Bush or McCain in 2000 as I can't see Biden making the mistakes Gore made (a Dubya vs Biden race would be a hoot ).

As for Gore, if he's not put in a position in Clinton's cabinet, he probably very narrowly holds his Senate seat in 1996, possibly challenges Biden for the nomination in 2000 and loses, and then loses his seat in 2002.
 
Biden isn't viable as a VP nominee so soon after '88, and certainly not on the measures Bubba was judging that position on.
 

CaliGuy

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As for Gore, if he's not put in a position in Clinton's cabinet, he probably very narrowly holds his Senate seat in 1996, possibly challenges Biden for the nomination in 2000 and loses, and then loses his seat in 2002.
Does he still become a global warming activist after 2002 in this TL?
 

CaliGuy

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As the tin says, what if Clinton chose Joe Biden as his running mate rather than Al Gore in 1992? Assuming they won in 92 and 96, would Biden have run for president in 2000?
My guess is that Biden runs for and wins both the 2000 Dem nomination and the U.S. Presidency that year; after all, blue-collar workers and other people who might have been turned off by Gore's robotic nature will like Biden due to the fact that he looks like a gaffe-prone average guy (who isn't wealthy as Bush Jr. is!)! :)
 
So in this scenario where Biden is VP then runs for POTUS I don't know that he would pick Liberman... who do you think he would pick as a running mate?
 
So in this scenario where Biden is VP then runs for POTUS I don't know that he would pick Liberman... who do you think he would pick as a running mate?

Bob Graham? Evan Bayh? This next one is a bit far-fetched, but maybe Richard Lugar?
 
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