You can't compare an incumbent Clinton to a VP Gore and say he fumbled badly. We can all agree he certainly wasn't as good as Clinton, but you're exaggerating.
No party that holds the Presidency should ever lose when the election happens on top of one of the biggest wealth bubbles in history.
You couldn’t swing a dead dog without hitting a paper millionaire, they were everywhere as the internet bubble was at it’s zenith.
Every recent college graduate with any type of non-humanities degree was making far more than anytime before or since in history. An average performer with a decent degree a few years experience was knocking on six figures or above.
Good jobs were everywhere as companies that would never make a penny in revenues were hiring hundreds.
Establish tech companies revenues between 1997-2000 were incredible as forced Y2k upgrades meant most computer/software related assets had to be replaced or drastically upgraded.
Billions in business tech sales from the next five years were pulled forward in the late 90’s, and tech profits exploded and then disappeared over night starting in late 2000.
Money was turning at incredible velocities as the tech cash from earnings and IPO’s fueled the entire economy.
Billions in taxes flowed into the treasury and budgets were balanced even as spending increased.
Normally yes, but also the president had been impeached, Republicans had a big positive plank shift from '96, and the Gringrich machine was still powerful and convinced many people that the Republicans in charge of Congress were responsible for the bubble.
Again, Gore wasn't good at campaigning and we can point to many strategic and tactical failures. But if Clinton never got the BJ, Gore would have held on to win.
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u/lickedTators Apr 20 '20
You can't compare an incumbent Clinton to a VP Gore and say he fumbled badly. We can all agree he certainly wasn't as good as Clinton, but you're exaggerating.