I believe we are witnessing a seismic shift in the Democratic party's center of gravity.
A Gore-Dean alliance puts a lot of people on the outside that were heretofore considered pre-eminent. Likewise, Dean's people and supporters have been drawn from the outskirts of the party, and they will be asked to show the party some direction.
The question becomes-- who wins and who loses when the Dean campaign becomes the vanguard of the DNC?
Dean's message has certainly been inclusive, but he would have to be a candidate for sainthood, not the presidency, if he is able to resist the temptation to humble some of the people who really sought to bar his way to nomination.
Are people already scratching Al From off their speed-dial lists as we speak? Will Terry McAuliffe really step down on 2/4? Will Al Sharpton make nice over the Jesse Jackson Jr. endorsement tiff?
Speculate away-- it's kind of fun...