I didn't see this as an indictment of them.  They still never accomplished this particular goal.

as the poster below says. This victory is their victory too.

Maybe we should even name one for him.

He took a disheartened rabble and in four years turned it into a powerful 50-state vote gathering machine ready for serious action, the final assault on conservatism, neocons and a host of corporate-colluding energy companies, defense industries, media cabals and banking consortiums.

And from mid-November 2004 through January 2005 the operative word was disheartened. We took a hell of a shot, however we may reconcile the history. And there may be more - but then, we are more now, too. We can take it - and we can dish it.

Thanks, Dr. Dean. You had the real prescription.  

He's the one who saved the soul of this party.  Without him there wouldn't have been enough spirit to get Barack over the top.  

All praises to Howard.  I probably would've given up on politics if he hadn't come along when he did.

Joe Trippi for endlessly selling the idea to Dean in 2003 that the time for bottom up campaigning had arrived.