This is of course a silly argument. Had Bush lost N.H. but won the cloest of all states, N.M. he would have gotten one extra electoral vote. There were lots of close states in 2000. Oregon, Florida, New Mexico, Iowa and Wisconsin were all closer in both total votes and and percentage vote than N.H. And Bush lost four of the five.
It was the good people of Tennessee and Arkansas, who, by NOT voting for Gore, elected W as ou president..