Al Gore Joe Lieberman This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 2000 election.

[1] Lieberman, a centrist two-term Democratic senator, was chosen for being "tough on defense" and foreign policy issues.

[3] In August 2000, Gore announced that he had selected Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut as his vice presidential running mate.

[4] Lieberman, who was a more conservative Democrat than Gore, had publicly blasted President Clinton for the Monica Lewinsky affair.

Many pundits saw Gore's choice of Lieberman as another way of trying to distance himself from the scandals of the Clinton White House.