It is absolutely amazing. I'm always intrigued by Dean's ability to weather his own mistakes very quickly, to capitalize on the mistakes of his rivals to maximum extent.
When the 'conferate flag' controversy came out, Dean weathered it in no more than three days(Remember his apology, opting-out gimmick).
After he landed this Gore endorsement, hostilities toward Dean could be felt across anti-Dean camps. I was a bit worried It might have the potential to consolidate the anti-Dean movement. Lieberman got some surprise boost from Gore's endorsement based on the sympathy factor. I was also worried Dean's supporters might get complacent because of his front-runner status.
However, the attack ads has again done a great favor to Dean. It has greatly energized Deaniacs. In less than 13 hours, he's got another $100,000 after a ferocious Gore related fundrasing. Any lingering sympathy toward Lieberman has evaporated in a moment. Most importantly, It has the great potential to completely turn off the ordinary supporters of Gephardt and Kerry, It has the potential to further demoralize, dismantle the other anti-Dean camp.
Lastly, another great newsweek poll will really make a field day for Dean and boost Deaniacs' moral.
Sometimes, you have to wonder whether God is on Dean's side. I mean, It's amazing how events have evolved, you can feel the rhythm of Dean's campaign, everytime, it's like a perfect storm in a positive way, they've never missed a bit so far.