Well, it's not truly official until the candidate announces it (just like Cheney wasn't), but I guess it's becoming clearer that Gore is planning to do just that.

It certainly is about time we got a someone other than a white, Protestant male on a presidential ticket (one that has a chance of winning, anyway -- Ferraro didn't really count, because Mondale never really had a shot). However, I can't shake the feeling that the principal reason Gore picked Lieberman is that the latter was so strident in denouncing Clinton during the whole Lewinsky fiasco. In other words, what Gore really wants is someone who can be suitably sanctimonious on the evening news, thereby taking the wind out of the sails of the Clinton-bashers who hope to taint Gore by association. This phony "I'm more moral than you" posturing really turns my stomach, and I hate to see it perpetuated in any form. If it weren't for that, I'd feel pretty good about this selection.