If Gore had even won his own state, none of this would have happenedAND, that of HIS president's home state of Arkansas.
Gore stated he needed to literally and figuratively mend some fences in his home state of Tennessee. The recent 'trial balloon' of Tipper running for the Senate and the resultant polls showing Tipper losing to Marilyn Quayle by 57% to 27%(AND dropping),shows that Gore would still lose Tennessee.