On August 13 , 2000 , Gore announced that he had selected Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut as his vice presidential running mate . Lieberman became " the first person of the Jewish faith to run for the nation 's second-highest office . " Many pundits saw Gore 's choice of Lieberman as further distancing him from the scandals of the Clinton White House . Gore 's daughter , Karenna , together with her father 's former Harvard roommate Tommy Lee Jones , officially nominated Gore as the Democratic presidential candidate during the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles , California . Gore accepted his party 's nomination and spoke about the major themes of his campaign , stating in particular his plan to extend Medicare to pay for prescription drugs and to work for a sensible universal health-care system . Soon after the convention , Gore hit the campaign trail with running mate Joe Lieberman . Gore and Bush were deadlocked in the polls . They participated in three televised debates . While both sides claimed victory after each , Gore was critiqued as either too stiff , too reticent , or too aggressive in contrast to Bush
2000 Democratic National Convention
2000 Democratic National Convention
Al Gore