Kerry-who? 
Seriously, Joe Leiberman would have been a good choice in the general election, I agree.  I would still have voted for GWB, but would not have been as dispondent if he'd lost.  I respect Joe L., and could have got behind him as Prez.  The problem is, he simply couldn't get the hard-left in the Democratic party to support him in the primaries (too centrist).