The NYTimes has a wonderful
OpEd by David Brooks on what Dean's campaigm means to the Democratic Establishment. It's actually hard to figure out where he stands in all of this. But, he makes some wonderful observations about what is truly at stake right now in the Democratic Party.
"Presidential campaigns climb a hill of righteous indignation. By the time they squared off in South Carolina in 2000, the Bush and McCain campaigns loathed each other. But in the Democratic race, the Dean campaign has all the loathing and the passion.
"It is a loathing not only for Bush but also for the Democratic establishment, and contempt for its weakness. Nothing has so vindicated the Dean campaign as the Democratic establishment's pallid response to it."