Reply #18: because he won the primary

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That is the deal we make. We run our candidate in the primary and if he or she loses we support the winner. I have, with the exception of Clinton in 96 and Gore in 2000, never voted for the winner in a Presidential primary yet every single time have supported the man who won. (Simon, Tsongas, and Dean in case you are wondering who the losers I voted for were). I have also voted for losers in Congressional and Senatorial primaries. But in each and every case, save a corrupt candidate for state auditor, I have voted for the winner of all those primaries. Lieberman lost despite having incumbancy, a fairly sizable money advantage, and endorsements by nearly every elected Democrat in the land.