Can't make this stuff up.
The 1st thing you need to do is build the state level parties back up. Gonna be tough to do in some states with the gerrymandered environment. I don't know how many more Dems would have to vote in NC than pubs for the Dems to take back control of the state house, but it would be alot.
I'd prefer Keith Ellison personally, but Dean did good work for the Dems with his 50 State Plan (that set some important groundwork to get Obama elected in 2008), work that they'll need to replicate and improve upon during the next four years.
Compared to Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Donna Brazile, Dean is the gold standard. I know it's a pointless hypothetical, but HRC was running the DNC for the past three years. What if Dean had been there instead of DWS ? Better organization and outcome with less chance of a scandal (or two) ? Yeah probably.
OH yeah? Did he tell you that?
Howard Dean: We're going to be good again.