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There was a point in late ‘03 when he may have had a very good chance of getting the Dem prez nomination. Eventually it went to John Kerry.

Dec 13, 2003, I’m visiting my Dad on Cape Cod and get up on a Sunday morning—news story on TV is capture of Saddam Hussein. “I don’t think Dean’s gonna get elected now,” my Dem dad said gloomily...

Wiki:
>>On January 19, 2004, Dean’s campaign suffered a staggering blow when a last-minute surge by rivals John Kerry and John Edwards led to a disappointing third-place finish for Dean in the 2004 Iowa Democratic caucuses, representing the first votes cast in primary season. Dean’s loud outburst in his public address that night was widely rebroadcast and portrayed as a media gaffe that ended his campaign.

>>”Not only are we going to New Hampshire, Tom Harkin, we’re going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico, and we’re going to California and Texas and New York.... And we’re going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan, and then we’re going to Washington, D.C., to take back the White House! (Yeah!)”

>>Senator Harkin was on stage with Dean, holding his suit jacket. This final “Yeah!” with its unusual tone that Dean later said was due to the cracking of his hoarse voice, has become known in American political jargon as the “Dean Scream” or the “I Have A Scream” speech.Comedians and late-night comedy show hosts such as Dave Chappelle and Conan O’Brien satirized, mocked, and popularized the sound bite,beginning a media onslaught that many believe contributed immensely to his poor showing in the subsequent races.