Gore: Clinton Lost the Election;
Clinton: Gore Lost the Election
Wednesday, February 7, 2001
It could take quite a while for historians to reach a consensus on why Al Gore lost the 2000 election — but Gore apparently wasted no time in pinning responsibility for his narrow defeat on President Clinton.
AP
Though Al Gore said he was his 'own man,' Bill Clinton felt he should have been more like ... Bill Clinton.
The two men had a contentious meeting in their final days in the White House, two Democrats close to the former president and vice president told Fox News.
Accounts of the meeting first appeared in The Washington Post.
Gore essentially told Clinton he believes he lost the contested election because of the former president's sex scandal with a White House intern, the sources told Fox News. Gore told Clinton the scandal was harmful to the country and disastrous for his campaign, the Democrats said.
Clinton told the two sources he was taken aback by Gore's comments and responded by telling the vice president that he failed to promote the administration's achievements on education and the economy.
The meeting between the two lasted more than an hour and was described as being heated at times with very direct language exchanged between both men.
Gore, now a visiting professor at Columbia University in New York, reportedly sought the unscheduled one-on-one meeting with Clinton, which lasted over an hour and was described by a Gore aide as "cathartic." A Clinton adviser's characterization was "tense."
The pair's election post-mortem centered around the question that hung over the vice president's campaign from its inception: When it came to associating himself with Clinton, how close was too close?
Democrats are still squabbling over how much Clinton had to do with Gore's loss. Gore consultant Carter Eskew claimed the Monica Lewinsky scandal was "the elephant in the living room" that hindered Gore's efforts. But a White House official retorted in the Post report, "I don't think the fact that they lost four out of four debates had anything to do with Bill Clinton."
In the days following their post-election face-off, Clinton and Gore had a number of polite encounters both in person and on the phone. Though some interpreted the meeting as unpleasant, others reportedly saw it as a necessary air-clearing.
— Fox News' Rita Cosby contributed to this report
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Clinton: Gore Lost the Election
Wednesday, February 7, 2001
It could take quite a while for historians to reach a consensus on why Al Gore lost the 2000 election — but Gore apparently wasted no time in pinning responsibility for his narrow defeat on President Clinton.
AP
Though Al Gore said he was his 'own man,' Bill Clinton felt he should have been more like ... Bill Clinton.
The two men had a contentious meeting in their final days in the White House, two Democrats close to the former president and vice president told Fox News.
Accounts of the meeting first appeared in The Washington Post.
Gore essentially told Clinton he believes he lost the contested election because of the former president's sex scandal with a White House intern, the sources told Fox News. Gore told Clinton the scandal was harmful to the country and disastrous for his campaign, the Democrats said.
Clinton told the two sources he was taken aback by Gore's comments and responded by telling the vice president that he failed to promote the administration's achievements on education and the economy.
The meeting between the two lasted more than an hour and was described as being heated at times with very direct language exchanged between both men.
Gore, now a visiting professor at Columbia University in New York, reportedly sought the unscheduled one-on-one meeting with Clinton, which lasted over an hour and was described by a Gore aide as "cathartic." A Clinton adviser's characterization was "tense."
The pair's election post-mortem centered around the question that hung over the vice president's campaign from its inception: When it came to associating himself with Clinton, how close was too close?
Democrats are still squabbling over how much Clinton had to do with Gore's loss. Gore consultant Carter Eskew claimed the Monica Lewinsky scandal was "the elephant in the living room" that hindered Gore's efforts. But a White House official retorted in the Post report, "I don't think the fact that they lost four out of four debates had anything to do with Bill Clinton."
In the days following their post-election face-off, Clinton and Gore had a number of polite encounters both in person and on the phone. Though some interpreted the meeting as unpleasant, others reportedly saw it as a necessary air-clearing.
— Fox News' Rita Cosby contributed to this report
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