Not just Hillary.

I also thnk Obam fully did not expect to win the nominatin this year. I think his best case scenario going into thsi campaiogn was being on the ticket with Hillary (or Edwards).

He was also positioning himself for a run in 2012 or 2016.

To a certain extent, I think he's been as surprised by this as anyone.

The 50 state strategy is the right way to run politics in our country.  I thank Dean for that strategy.  And I also want to thank Kerry (or whoever is responsible) for putting Obama in the spotlights at the DNC convention in '04.  He was my newly elected senator then, & I distinctly remember saying, "This man will be president someday."

That day can't come soon enough.

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.