YOu’ve got it backwards, I think: Bradley was the ‘New Democrat’ in the race. But Dems like that were always more the rage among the pundit class than among actual Democratic voters.
A lot would depend on WHEN Gore said he wasn’t running. If he made his intentions clear at the beginning of 1999, then the field’s wide open. If at the end of 1999, then Bradley coasts to victory. If in between, it kinda depends on when.