WI: Gore endorses Lieberman?

You'd need a no Iraq War scenario for that. Regardless of what a President Gore would have done Gore was opposed to the way the Bush administration conducted the war-and Lieberman was a major Democratic proponent.

Gore was opposed to what Bush was doing prior to the war so simply having things go better in occupation-(no Bremer etc) is not much of an option there.

Also-at the time Gore endorsed Dean it looked like Dean might be the nominee. His endorsement was therefore in part a reaction to that.

Given the war and the sense that Dean was likely to be the nominee I can't see Gore endorsing Lieberman.
 
In 2004, most Democratic primary voters were firmly opposed to the Iraq War, and wouldn't have voted for Lieberman even if Gore had endorsed him. Lieberman skipped Iowa, and got 9% (5th place) in New Hampshire.

And if Gore did endorse him, credibility would evaporate. In September 2002, he delivered a speech in San Francisco in which he opposed the Iraq War Resolution that Congress approved a few weeks later: https://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/gore/gore092302sp.html
 
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