The Liberals Dream
1968: Hubert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie
1972: Hubert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie
1976: Ted Kennedy/George McGovern
1980: Ted Kennedy/George McGovern
1984: Jesse Jackson/Geraldine Ferraro
1988: Jesse Jackson/Geraldine Ferraro
1992: Mario Cuomo/Bill Clinton
1996: Mario Cuomo/Jerry Brown
2000: Ralph Nader/Al Gore
2004: Al Gore/Al Sharpton
2008: Jim DeMint/Rick Santorum [1]
2012: Joe Biden/Barack Obama [2]
[1] After decades of liberal rule, the Democrats were swept out of office after the scandal plagued and stagnant Gore and Nader years. The new radicalized GOP gained a 3/4ths majority in both houses. Major change was on the way to liberal America.
[2] But as the Republicans had forgotten, it is impossible to gain a 3/4ths majority in one sweep in the Senate, where the Democrats still held power, with an iron grip over both the Western and Northeastern Senate seats. The percieved inability for the Republicans to accomplish anything disappointed both it's base and the American people. The Democratic Party was returned to power in 2012, lead by the Grand Old Man of the party, Joe Biden.