He might not have done him any favors. Remember when Howard Dean peaked too early? It’s still almost a year to the Iowa Caucuses and New Hampshire Primary. 24 hours can be a lifetime in politics, much less a year. I’ve worked on several presidential campaigns in Iowa and organization (there are 99 counties) is key, not straw polls. No one knew who Jimmy Carter, Mike Huckabee or Barack Obama was at this stage of the game, yet they won in Iowa.
Actually, I always thought that was a textbook example of DNC/press mind control. This is not the droid... Howard Dean is done...
And with a snap of the finger, the press all agreed he was done, and with a snap of the finger the DNC zombies never questioned it. And so it was so. I think its a textbook case.