Re:yet another so-called "expert" (Score 2, Interesting)

Dean's 50-state strategy still has little buy-in from the rest of the party leadership. The 2006 results were a function of Bush's historically abysmal approval generally and the Iraq War specifically. Correlation != causation.

Also, being chair of the DNC with generally minimal support from the main stream of your party is a "position of power" on the level of deputy national press secretary.