There was a left wing petition going around about Clinton staying in office until the "legal problems" were resolved. It was "For the sake of the country." That would have kept Clinton in office long enough for 9/11 to occur, and he'd be in charge. Bill really, really, thought Gore would win. Because Gore lost, all the left wings effort went into keeping the Republican out as long as possible.
I will always believe Clinton knew 9/11 was coming, and welcomed the attack with Al Gore having the power to declare martial law.
Don't hold your breath expecting sen. hillary to hold up a newspaper on the Senate floor w/the headline of CLINTON KNEW.