Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) would be a shoo-in to run as AI Gore’s vice presidential running mate were it not for the fact that he is Jewish, according to the chairman of the National Democratic Committee. “I don’t think anyone can calculate the effect of having a Jew on the ticket,” Ed Rendell said. Calling Lieberman “maybe the finest person in politics,” Rendell said that if “Lieberman was Episcopalian, I think he’d almost be a slam dunk.”
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