Just wait

David Broder: Dean: A Milestone, Not a Millstone

"... But the pattern-breakers' followers find continuing motivation in the ongoing struggle, and so it will be, I believe, for the Dean people. Many who rallied to his cause will remain active in politics; you can see it happening in Iowa and New Hampshire, where the "Meet-Up" networks already are becoming the skeletons of campaign organizations for legislative and local candidates.

The Democratic Party and ultimately the country will be the beneficiaries of the shot in the arm that the Vermont doctor administered to and through his followers. Just wait, and you will see. "