I think this is good because it tells me two things. There are a lot of dems that do not want Hillary running in 2008 after the 2004 disaster. Another thing is that there will be a helluva fight between the Hillarites and the anti Hillary dems. This could be something to sell tickets to see when it starts to get good. Remember what just happened to the Governor of Tennessee that spouted off. Next time they will do it under the covers shall we say.
There are a lot of dems who do not want to lose again, particularly not as humilatingly and thoroughly badly as the Gore and Kerry candidacies were crushed. The chance that a Hillary try could go down in flames for a third Republican victory would be as bad for them as was the Reagan landslide victory that gave us two terms of Reagan and one of Bush I. A twelve-year absence of Democratic Party success at the executive level could get voters into the habit of thinking of them as losers.
And that was why Howard Dean very wisely stepped aside and let Kerry take the door that slammed shut in his face after Dean's third-place primary finish in Iowa. And so now Dean is DNC chairman; neat.