I'm still trying to decipher that last sentence of yours about "regrets" (whose regrets, what part of the "leadership" and what would those regrets be?)

but anyhow, perhaps some of those state organizations would be thankful to Dean later for setting them up and getting them back in the process after years of neglect.

Still, there's no time to lose. We need to win this thing now for the sake of the country unlike certain types of politicians who would rather lose now to win later while kids die in Iraq and the people continue to get screwed by their own tax dollars.