This is a question that has burned in the back of my mind for years. What if Vice President Al Gore selected Governor Howard Dean of Vermont as his vice presidential nominee, instead of OTL's Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut? In OTL, Dean was never considered for vice president in 2000. Dean was more charismatic than Lieberman and was governor of a state with proximity to New Hampshire. Would Dean have been able to swing the pendulum in New Hampshire?
Even if the Ticket still lost, would the national attention Dean gained have helped him four years later during the Democratic Party Presidential Primaries of 2004? Would Al Gore still endorse Dean in December 2003, if Dean had been his running mate, rather than Lieberman?
Even if the Ticket still lost, would the national attention Dean gained have helped him four years later during the Democratic Party Presidential Primaries of 2004? Would Al Gore still endorse Dean in December 2003, if Dean had been his running mate, rather than Lieberman?