Why? Because he is sleazy. He was unfaithful to his wife. He hurt his sons. He lied. There is no high road for us. We cannot claim to be morally superior...though we never were. But there were some in our party who tried to claim we were. I am sure it would have taken little effort to find someone decent to run for this office.
Electing immoral Democrats to show our disgust with immoral Republicans isn't a ticket to success.