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Episode 9: 2000 - Cheney v. Lieberman (Part 1)
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English - June 20, 2020 13:00 - 43 minutes - 47.6 MBPolitics News History vice president postrider running mates Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 8: 1996 - Kemp v. Gore
Next Episode: Episode 10: 2000 - Cheney v. Lieberman (Part 2)
In the part one of our 2000 election episode, the impeached president Bill Clinton's Vice President Al Gore runs for the presidency and picks Joe Lieberman to try and distance himself from Clinton. Meanwhile, Republicans seek a compassionate conservative and land on George W. Bush, who tasks Dick Cheney with finding a vice presidential candidate for him, but Bush ultimately decides on Cheney himself. Two running mates who offer relatively little strength in the one state that matters: Florida.