[goldstategop]

I disagree. Joe Lieberman would have been a difficult candidate to beat. But he had two strikes against him with the kooks and wackos who run the Democratic Party: he's for a strong military and he has strong religious views. That may have made him a good general election candidate but it made him look too Republican to Democratic primary voters. So they went with a secular liberal instead of a relatively conservative religious Democrat. Its their loss.

[Alberta's Child]

There is no way a candidate can project himself as a strong leader if his normal pattern of speech is a simpering whine. Lieberman may have looked perfectly fine as a dottering old fool in the U.S. Senate, but there was nothing even remotely "presidential" about his manner. No swagger, no drawl, no booming voice, etc.

[tkathy]

Lieberman was an awful vice presidential candidate for Gore. His voice is lightweight, and his appearance is lightweight.

[skinkinthegrass]

So they went with a secular liberal instead of a relatively conservative religious Democrat

...excuse me?? (not trying to insult you :)...LIEberman was more "relatively conservative" (not like Sen. Miller-D,Ga.), maybe in the senate. During the 2000 election..he became a very liberal and pushed the 'RAT platform 100%, about 180 degrees from his "so-called professed " beliefs...IMHO, his "relatively conservative religious" beliefs were "window dressing".

[dfwgator]

The only hope a Rat candidate has is if they get 90+ % of the black vote. Black voters would have stayed away from Lierberman, they don't vote for "Joos." Actually he would never get the nomination for precisely that reason.