Yeah, but you know why? The reason was because Al Gore would have become president and no one wanted that.
Ironically, from purely partisan interests of the Demagogue Party, they would have been better off getting Bill Clinton removed from office and having Albore become POTUS. Albore likely would have been elected in 2000 and 2004, thus no GW Bush. Ofc, alternate histories are always speculative, and who knows what would have happened from 2008 onward, probably no Obama as that 2008 campaign unfolded. I’m just saying that Democrap prospects in 2000 and 2004 probably would have been much improved had Albore replaced Bill Clinton in 1999. Under the 22nd Amendment Albore would still have been eligible to be elected twice to presidential terms, after serving out the remainder of Bill Clinton’s 2nd term.