A question on Gore Lieberman . . . . WHY?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

I have always been mystified about Al Gore's choice of Joe Lieberman. Lieberman was a relatively unknown political hack, until Gore pulled him out of obscurity and put him into the limelight, for each Sunday thru sundown Friday.

WHY? Was this a DLC choice, trying to unzipper Al's connection to Clinton? Was this an effort to placate the right and center? Was this an effort to buy off the jewish vote, which had been heading (with AIPAC's help) towards the nutwing portion of the GOP?

The first decision I recall was that Lieberman refused to withdraw from his senate race - a decision I thought egotistical and foolhardy. Then I began to listen to Joe talk, and I found that I did not like what I heard.

Anyone able to clear this up for me?