Maybe now that Bernie Sanders has become the first Jewish candidate to win a presidential primary, he’ll start getting the Joe Lieberman treatment.<br />Back in 2000, Al Gore’s decision to tap Lieberman as his running mate set off what felt like a months-long national bar mitzvah bash.<br />But the party and all the speculation about a Shabbat-observant, kosher-keeping vice president proved premature, thanks in part to confused elderly Jewish voters in Palm Beach County.<br />And then Lieberman’s presidential bid in 2004 totally flopped in the primaries.<br />The lack of Jewmania this time around is partially attributable to Donald Trump’s hogging the media spotlight.<br />But, more importantly, since Lieberman’s dance on the national stage, an African American was elected president, a Mormon won the Republican nomination and a woman is widely viewed as the favorite to win in 2016.
