I'm sorry if my comments came across as thinking that you were taking a "dig" at Howard. 
I did not mean that at all.
What I think that I was trying to say was that the enthusiasm for Howard Dean was somewhat different from the enthusiasm that Bernie generates today. In 2004, Howard was the ONLY Dem candidate who was saying what many of us believed that ALL Dems should be saying in those horrible Bush-Cheney years. He struck a chord among all of us who were still outraged by the 2000 "selection," by the total dropping of the ball that made 9-11 possible, by the war in Afghanistan (I am likely among the minority who strongly opposed that war from the get-go), but especially by the outright lies that led to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
You are absolutely right that the enthusiasm for Dean wasn't enough to translate into electoral votes. That is a very sad truth.
The enthusiasm of some - certainly not all - SBS supporters borders on mania. I actually find that frightening and very much hope that it does NOT translate to electoral votes at the expense of a much stronger candidate overall, i.e., Hillary.
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