Lets look at how monumental this election is.
+6 Senate seats- Not a single seat lost despite many democrats in swing/conservative states being up for reelection.
+6 governships, not a single Republican takeover.
+ at least 29 house seats gained, again republicans fail to take a single district from the dems
This absoultely would not have happened with Dean's vision of a 50 state strategy AND his willingess to take firm stands against the Right wing. Had we done the usual target 20 most vulnerable seats we would not have won the house. EX: Lois Murphy losing, while Sestak wins)
While Pelosi/Shumer/Emaneul were celebrating, Dean was calm, cool, colllected, ready to give credit to others. He realizes that this is just the beginning of turning the Dems into a national party, and the end of ceding parts of the country to the Right.