Another reason to support Dean -
If Kerry, Edwards, or Clark get the nomination, then Hillary is poised to take the VP spot. Certain loss for the Dems if that happens. The country will never vote for Hillary to be back in the White House.

Here is something interesting regarding the Democratic Clintonite fear that Dean will take away their power at the center of the party money and influence. This article describes the chain of money and command the Clintons still control:
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http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110004632
Clinton & Clinton
To maintain their hold on the party, Howard Dean had to be destroyed.
BY R. EMMETT TYRRELL JR.
Sunday, February 1, 2004 12:01 a.m. EST

quote in part...
"........There are Democrats who want to loosen the Clintons' grip on their party. That grip has always been good for the Clintons but bad for the party. Will front-runner Mr. Kerry be the next victim of the Clintons' political research teams? Possibly not--he is the Washington insider that Mr. Dean is not.And it is not clear that he will be sailing into the summer convention with a great deal of brag and bounce. He may be limping in after still more primary
battles. Then Hillary will make her grand entrance. With Mr. McAuliffe smiling from the podium her power will be vast. Possibly she will allow herself to be nominated to the No. 2 spot to assist her party in its moment of peril. Either way, Hillary and her husband will remain the Democratic powerbrokers for 2008. Or possibly just the powers..."
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I saw McAuliffe on a PBS news show or CSPAN, can't remember which, and his disdain for Dean was obvious... his words regarding Dean were in general that McAuliffe and others were the center of the party and they didn't need new people (Dean grassroots) to tell them what to do. Gag me.

Save us from the Clintons. Please. They would be the kiss of death, Shrub would be back again if Hillary is VP or seen to be behind the scenes controlling the nominee. The grassroots scares the DLC, and thus the attack ads paid for by Democrats to keep control away from Dean and his army of small donors.