My sense is that all the energy and creativity of the Dean campaign is precisely what the Democratic Party needs, but we don't have the luxury of repaying Dean for being in the right place at the right time last fall. We need to take that energy, that creativity and some of those methods and graft it onto a winning message.

Thats different from a message that moves me personally, as Dean did.

We need someone, like Clinton, who can build that message into something that speaks far beyond the Democratic "base."

As I said before, I'd be delighted if I felt Dean was the guy who could do that, but I don't know anyone active in politics out here (in NV) who really ever believed Dean's personality or positions could win this state.