But he paved the way for our "moderate" pals to stick their fingers in the air to see which way the wind blows.

He never would have laid down and been flogged like Kerry did.

Howard Dean won by losing...he was such a threat he had everybody, including his own party, gunning for him.

How well did other strategies work for other candidates?  Kerry lost because he wasn't more like Dean.

Besides we know why Dean lost the race for nominee and the K Street crowd/DLC had everything to do with it.

But Dean is having the last laugh and will win the war even as he lost a few battles along the way.  The party is going to reform itself and start representing real americans again.... much as the professional DC insider blogging corp might not like it.