"Dean is showing how the Democratic Party can become 'a party that can transcend our interest groups, and that a candidate can get elected without owing anyone anything,' Rosenberg said."
As Doug notes, Dean stands for standing for nothing. If he somehow gets elected, he will sell all his small-time backers down the river as quickly as Clinton did. Alas, he'll never get elected, because, once he has to debate Bush, he'll turn pro-war and start arguing for a kinder, gentler empire. Just you watch...