John Lindsay, Edmund Muskie, George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Ted Kennedy, Dick Gephardt, Michael Dukakis, Bob Kerrey, Al Gore, John Kerry and John Edwards.
Bob Shrum: 0 for 11. Only liberals gets elevated the more they lose.
My favorite Bob Shrum story, prematurely quoted as saying to John Kerry "may I be the first to address you as Mr. President?"