I'm responding late to this because I read it yesterday, then thought for a long long time about it.  A couple of examples of what doesn't ring true for me:

the decentralized netroots effort is no longer a guiding force from within Howard Dean organization.

I disagree--the grassroots were an important force because they got the word out but a guiding force?  I believe the grassroots will have a role to play in DFA 2.0.  Had you been outside the Gannett building on Saturday you would have seen the grassroots are still strong and Howard wouldn't blow them off.

Burlington's DFA is in its last days, the current HQ lease ends with March, and close to none of the HQ staff remain, even longtime Governor Dean office workers are moving on.  Not a single person on the HQ's webteam of "wizards & stars" is staying on with the new organization.

This isn't news.  I believe the lease ends in April, not March. But you're also dissing two new people, Tanner and Alison, who have stepped in and done a fine job manning BFA. As for the "wizards & stars", I know that some of the technical people will remain and there will likely be contracts with other DFA technical folks who want to start their own company.  Knowing Howard's propensity for fiscal conservatism, their network won't want to pay a big price for infrastructure, only for results.

Then I get to the last paragraph and think, this whole analysis is no better than the mainstream media, and certainly no more accurate. Look, I'm not being snarky and I'm not a troll: You haven't identified your source(s). Even though Kos says you're getting it from the inside, I'm abiding by that old journalistic truism: Trust but verify.